Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

thiên sơn vạn thủy

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers — the full toll of a long, hard road.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nghìn ngọn núi, vạn con sông — toàn bộ gánh nặng của một con đường dài và khó khăn

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Literally: thousand mountains, myriad waters

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

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What does “thiên sơn vạn thủy” mean?

A thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers — the full toll of a long, hard road. Literally: thousand mountains, myriad waters

Is “thiên sơn vạn thủy” formal or informal?

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