跋山涉川 báshānshèchuān arduous journey Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 跋 bá to trek (bound form) to walk or travel across mountains; to trek山 shān noun mountain mountain; hill; range涉 shè to wade (literary or bound form) to wade through water; to cross a body of water川 chuān noun river (bound form) river; creek; stream