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东张西望

dōng zhāng xī wàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 東張西望

东张西望 (dōng zhāng xī wàng) means "to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 东张西望 means

1. to look in all directions (idiom)
2. to glance around

The characters in 东张西望

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 西xīwest
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Where 东张西望 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dīng–dōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dōng zhāng xī wàng correctly.
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