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东拉西扯

dōng lā xī chě

4-character word Traditional 東拉西扯

What 东拉西扯 means

1. to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

The characters in 东拉西扯

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 西xīwest
• 扯chěto pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy

Example sentences

• 不要东拉西扯。
  Bù yào dōnglāxīchě.
  Don't ramble.

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