mountains are high , torrents swift
High mountains and dangerous waters is an idiom, Pinyin is sh ā ng ā Oshu ǐ Xi ǎ n, which means to compare the difficulties and obstacles on the way forward. From journey to the West.
explain
It refers to all kinds of difficulties and obstacles on the way forward.
source
Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty wrote in his journey to the West: "when you go to the west to worship Buddha, you are afraid of high mountains, dangerous roads and wide waters."
usage
The road is long and hard
mountains are high , torrents swift
worry about the confused state affairs - xīn tíng duì qì
Feeling the past and the present - gǎn jīn huái xī
Initiators of trouble should end it. - jiě líng hái shì xì líng rén
his hands respond with delicacy to whatever the mind directs - xīn shǒu xiāng wàng