东奔西走東奔西走 dōng bēn xī zǒu — to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
dōng (first tone, high and level) bēn (first tone, high and level) xī (first tone, high and level) zǒu (third tone, dipping)dong1 ben1 xi1 zou3
Traditional: 東奔西走
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 走
- 走zǒu (third tone, dipping)to walk, to go on foot
- 走路zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)to walk
- 走过走過zǒu (third tone, dipping) guò (fourth tone, falling)to walk past
- 走廊zǒu (third tone, dipping) láng (second tone, rising)corridor
- 拿走ná (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to take away
- 行走xíng (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to walk
- 走私zǒu (third tone, dipping) sī (first tone, high and level)to smuggle
- 逃走táo (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to escape
- 走开走開zǒu (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to leave
- 走进走進zǒu (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to enter
- 走近zǒu (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to approach
- 出走chū (first tone, high and level) zǒu (third tone, dipping)to leave home
- 走投无路走投無路zǒu (third tone, dipping) tóu (second tone, rising) wú (second tone, rising) lù (fourth tone, falling)to be at an impasse (idiom)
- 走后门走後門zǒu (third tone, dipping) hòu (fourth tone, falling) mén (second tone, rising)lit. to enter by the back door
- 走漏zǒu (third tone, dipping) lòu (fourth tone, falling)to leak (of information
- 走过场走過場zǒu (third tone, dipping) guò (fourth tone, falling) chǎng (third tone, dipping)to go through the motions
- 走弯路走彎路zǒu (third tone, dipping) wān (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)to take an indirect route