熙来攘往 — Chinese idiom
熙来攘往
xī lái rǎng wǎng
Traditional: 熙來攘往
Meaning
- a place buzzing with activity
Character by character
- 熙xībright, prosperous; splendid, glorious
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 攘rǎngto usurp, to seize; to repel
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
Idioms sharing a character
- 熙熙攘攘 xī xī rǎng rǎng
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 来历不明 lái lì bù míng
- 来者不拒 lái zhě bù jù
- 来踪去迹 lái zōng qù jì
- 来鸿去燕 lái hóng qù yàn
- 来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài
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