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東 (东)

dōng

Definition

East
哪邊是東？

Which way is East?
phonetic component

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale

classifier (for houses or buildings); measure word; ridgepole (old)

to freeze; to feel very cold; jelly; aspic

thrush; Tardus fuscatus

place name in Guangxi province

name of a mountain

rainbow

rainstorm

Related words (59)

(coll.) thing; item; stuff

owner (e.g. of a shop)

east side; east face

northeast

southeast

master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss

(lit.) to return east; (fig.) to return to one's homeland

punitive expedition to the east

east

longitude east

thing; stuff (concrete); item; something; person; creature (referring to a person or an animal); east (and) west

east; east side; eastern part; to the east of

host

(the) east; eastern part

east side (of sth)

dōng běi fāng

northeast; northeastern

southeast part

dōng fāng páo

siberian roe deer; capreolus pygargus

dōng fāng héng

(bird species of China) oriental plover (Charadrius veredus)

dōng xī kuān

east-west distance

dōng xī fāng

east and west; east to west

dōng dào zhǔ

host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

dōng nán xī běi

east, south, west and north; all directions

dōng fāng bān bī

(bird species of China) variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata)

dōng fāng bái guàn

(bird species of China) oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)

dōng máo cǎo gài

thatched roof

dōng xī nán běi

east west south north

dōng duǒ xī shǎn

to dodge about

東南西北中

dōng nán xī běi zhōng

the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle

東方大葦鶯

dōng fāng dà wěi yīng

(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)

東方嘰咋柳鶯

dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)

東方馬腦炎病毒

dōng fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

東一榔頭西一棒子

dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

to the east of (suffix)

to host (a dinner); to treat; to pick up the check

to act as host

eastwards

condom (loanword); see 安全套

boss's son; young master

landlord

shareholder; stockholder

ship owner

shop owner; moneybags

to buy; to shop; (to go) shopping; to do one's shopping

èr fáng dōng

sublandlord; tenant who sublets

bastard; scoundrel; rogue

large stockholder; majority shareholder

nǚ fáng dōng

landlady

hǎi dōng qīng

(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

(derog.) old fool; old bastard

yī dōng yī xī

far apart

bù shì dōng xi

(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good

liǎng yàng dōng xi

two distinct things

fù zhū dōng liú

wasted effort

gǔ dōng míng cè

register of shareholders

gǔ dōng dà huì

general shareholders' meeting

十字軍東征

shí zì jūn dōng zhēng

the Crusades; crusaders' eastern expedition

年度股東大會

nián dù gǔ dōng dà huì

annual shareholders' meeting

股東特別大會

gǔ dōng tè bié dà huì

special shareholders' meeting

Idioms (20)

dōng dǎo xī wāi

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway

dōng tù xī wū

(lit.) the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); (fig.) the passage of time

dōng bēn xī zǒu

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]

dōng bēn xī pǎo

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about

dōng shān zài qǐ

(lit.) to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

dōng zhēng xī yuàn

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

dōng zhēng xī tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

dōng lā xī chě

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

dōng yǎn xī zhē

to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

dōng chuāng shì fā

(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom); to come to light

dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

dōng lín xī zhǎo

(lit.) a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west; odds and ends (idiom)

jiè dōng fēng

(lit.) to use the eastern wind (idiom); (fig.) to use sb's help

fù zhī dōng liú

to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably

zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

gè bèn dōng xī

to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]

shēng dōng jī xī

to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom); to create a diversion

chāi dōng bǔ xī

(lit.) pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul

拆東牆補西牆

chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng

(lit.) pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul

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