走南闖北

to travel extensively

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

surname Nan

south

to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

north / (classical) to be defeated