东 dōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
东奔西走
dōngbēnxīzǒu
to run around busily; to rush about here and there
Characters in this word
西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 为了找工作，他每天都在城里东奔西走。 Wèile zhǎo gōngzuò, tā měitiān dōu zài chéng lǐ dōngbēn xīzǒu. To find a job, he rushes around the city every day.
- 她为了孩子上学的事，东奔西走了好几个月。 Tā wèile háizi shàngxué de shì, dōngbēn xīzǒu le hǎo jǐ gè yuè. She ran around for several months over her child's schooling.
- 年底了，销售部的同事都在东奔西走地见客户。 Niándǐ le, xiāoshòubù de tóngshì dōu zài dōngbēn xīzǒu de jiàn kèhù. It is year-end, and colleagues in the sales department are all rushing about meeting clients.