东奔西走 — Chinese idiom
东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
Traditional: 東奔西走
Meaning
- to run this way and that ; to rush about busily
- to bustle about
- to hopscotch
- also 东跑西颠 (dōng pǎo xī diān)
Character by character
- 东dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 奔bēnto rush about; to run, to flee
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 走zǒuto walk, to run, to flee
Idioms sharing a character
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 各奔东西 gè bèn dōng xī
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi
- 东兔西乌 dōng tù xī wū
- 东奔西跑 dōng bēn xī pǎo
- 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ
- 东张西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng
- 东征西怨 dōng zhēng xī yuàn
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