跋山涉水 báshānshèshuǐ arduous trip Origin Definitions Defs 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水 shuǐ noun water water; a liquid, juice, or lotion