Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
白骨精
bái gǔ jīng
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
万水千山
wàn shuǐ qiān shān
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
满载而归
mǎn zài ér guī
to return from a rewarding journey
四大名著
sì dà míng zhù
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) / fig. hardships of the journey
大闹天宫
Dà nào Tiān gōng
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
金箍棒
jīn gū bàng
golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
吴承恩
Wú Chéng ēn
Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 / in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
孙行者
Sūn xíng zhě
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift / to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom)
栈山航海
zhàn shān háng hǎi
to have a long and hard journey (idiom)
爬山涉水
pá shān shè shuǐ
to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom) / fig. to make a long and difficult journey
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
山长水远
shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
long and arduous journey (idiom)
猴王
Hóu wáng
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
孙悟空
Sūn Wù kōng
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
治装
zhì zhuāng
to prepare necessities (chiefly clothes) for a journey abroad
(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
千里之行，始于足下
qiān lǐ zhī xíng , shǐ yú zú xià
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
往程
wǎng chéng
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
观落阴
guān luò yīn
a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
lù