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东奔西走

dōng bēn xī zǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 東奔西走

东奔西走 (dōng bēn xī zǒu) means "to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 东奔西走 means

1. to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
2. to bustle about
3. to hopscotch
4. also {东跑西颠|dōng pǎo xī diān}

The characters in 东奔西走

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 西xīwest
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run

Example sentences

• 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.

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