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Home / Idiom / 东奔西走

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily · to bustle about · to hopscotch · also dōng pǎo xī diān

东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
d+ōng·1st toneb+ēn·1st tonex+ī·1st tonez+ǒu·3rd tone
IdiomHSK 7-9
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily · to bustle about东奔西跑dōng bēn xī pǎoto roam far and wide (idiom) · to travel the world浪迹天涯làng jì tiān yáto travel extensively走南闯北zǒu nán chuǎng běito be without a fixed residence (idiom)居无定所jū wú dìng suǒ
Antonyms
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiānto set up camp · Taiwan pr. ān yíng zhá zhài安营扎寨ān yíng zhā zhàito make one's home in a place · to settle安家落户ān jiā luò hùto hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time按兵不动àn bīng bù dòng
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