东奔西走 meaning in English
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about
Meaning of 东奔西走
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dōngbēnxīzǒu
- to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
- to bustle about
- to hopscotch
- also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]
东奔西走 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
长年累月东奔西走忙死了，生活太没有规律了。
I'm so busy running about year in, year out. My life has no consistency.
Stroke order for each character
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东 dōng · east · 5 strokes
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奔 bèn · to go to · 8 strokes
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西 xī · west · 6 strokes
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走 zǒu · to walk · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 东奔西走.
| 东西 | dōngxi | east and west |
| 走路 | zǒulù | to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart |
| 东边 | dōngbian | east; east side |
| 西边 | xībian | west; west side |
| 走开 | zǒukāi | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside |
| 走进 | zǒujìn | to enter; to step into |
| 西方 | xīfāng | the West; the Occident |
| 走过 | zǒuguò | to walk past; to pass by |
| 东方 | dōngfāng | east |
| 西北 | xīběi | northwest |
| 东北 | dōngběi | northeast |
| 西南 | xīnán | southwest |
Questions about 东奔西走
What does 东奔西走 mean?
东奔西走 (dōngbēn-xīzǒu) means "to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about".
How do you write 东奔西走?
东奔西走 is made of 4 characters: 东 (5 strokes), 奔 (8 strokes), 西 (6 strokes), 走 (7 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.
Is 东奔西走 an HSK word?
Yes. 东奔西走 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 东奔西走 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 东奔西走 is written 東奔西走.