漂洋过海 (piāo) — to travel far across the ocean; (figurative) to go on a difficult, long-distance journey

Definition

Examples

• 他漂洋过海来到中国留学，非常不容易。
  Tā piāo lái dào zhōng guó liú xué, fēi cháng bù róng yì.
  He crossed the ocean to study in China — it was really not easy.
• 为了见她一面，他漂洋过海从美国飞来了。
  Wèi le jiàn tā yí miàn, tā piāo cóng měi guó fēi lái le.
  In order to see her, he flew all the way from the United States across the ocean.
• 漂洋过海几十年后，他终于回到了故乡。
  piāo Jǐ shí nián hòu, tā zhōng yú huí dào le gù xiāng.
  After decades of travel across the oceans, he finally returned to his hometown.