翻山越嶺 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 翻山越岭 fānshānyuèlǐng ㄈㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) fig. hardships of the journey Character by character 翻(fān)turn over 山(shān)surname Shan 越(yuè)generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods 嶺(lǐng)mountain range A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0