山高水險 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 山高水险 shāngāoshuǐxiǎn ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom) Character by character 山(shān)surname Shan 高(gāo)surname Gao 水(shuǐ)surname Shui 險(xiǎn)danger A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0