the mountains are high and the water wide
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is sh ā NY á ol ù Yu ǎ n, which means a long way. From "save filial piety and fight tiger".
The idiom comes from the wedge of Chen Yiren's "save filial piety and fight the tiger" in Yuan Dynasty: "the mountain is far away that can't be avoided."
the mountains are high and the water wide
even crows and sparrows hold peace and keep silence - yā mò què jìng
not to realize that when the lining of the coat gets worn out , there will be nothing left to support the fur - fǎn qiú fù xīn