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八方

bā fāng

2-character word

What 八方 means

1. the eight points of the compass
2. all directions

The characters in 八方

• 八bāeight
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

Words containing 八方

• 四面八方sì miàn bā fāng(idiom) all directions; all around
• 眼观六路耳听八方yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fānglit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions…
• 眼观四面，耳听八方yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fānglit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)…
• 眼观四处，耳听八方yǎn guān sì chù , ěr tīng bā fāngsee 眼觀四面，眼观四面，耳听八方