The Dadu River in western Sichuan, the largest tributary of the [[岷江|岷江|min2 jiang1]] known for its deep canyons and fast-flowing water.

(Buddhism) To reach a deep and thorough level of enlightenment, comparing a practitioner to an elephant that walks firmly on the riverbed rather than swimming

refers to mistakes made in the process of copying, printing, or transmitting text; based on a story where the characters for "ji hai" (a date) were misread as "three pigs" (san shi)

(literary) literally meaning to cross a river in a mud boat; used to describe a life full of dangerous temptations and risks or to warn that human existence is fragile and temporary