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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

东家长西家短dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn

to gossip (idiom)

东床dōng chuáng

son-in-law

东征dōng zhēng

punitive expedition to the east

东征西怨dōng zhēng xī yuàn

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

东征西讨dōng zhēng xī tǎo

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

东拉西扯dōng lā xī chě

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

东拼西凑dōng pīn xī còu

(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces / to combine items from disparate sources

东掩西遮dōng yǎn xī zhē

to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

东摇西摆dōng yáo xī bǎi

(idiom) to sway from side to side / unsteady / (idiom) indecisive / hesitant

东方不亮西方亮dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng

if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else

东方叽咋柳莺dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng

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

东方大苇莺dōng fāng dà wěi yīng

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

东方斑䳭dōng fāng bān jí

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

东方狍dōng fāng páo

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

东方白鹳dōng fāng bái guàn

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

东方马脑炎病毒dōng fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

东方鸻dōng fāng héng

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

东归dōng guī

lit. to return east / fig. to return to one's homeland

东瞧西瞅dōng qiáo xī chǒu

see 東張西望|东张西望[dōng zhāng xī wàng]

东窗事发dōng chuāng shì fā

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

东端dōng duān

eastern extremity

东罗马帝国dōng Luó mǎ Dì guó

Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)

东西半球dōng xī bàn qiú

East and West hemispheres

东西南北dōng xī nán běi

east west south north

东西宽dōng xī kuān

east-west distance

东西方dōng xī fāng

east and west / east to west

东西方文化dōng xī fāng wén huà

Eastern and Western culture

东讨西征dōng tǎo xī zhēng

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

东躲西闪dōng duǒ xī shǎn

to dodge about

东道dōng dào

host

东道主dōng dào zhǔ

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

东道国dōng dào guó

host country / host state

东边儿dōng biān r

erhua variant of 東邊|东边[dōng bian]

东风压倒西风dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng

lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones

东鳞西爪dōng lín xī zhǎo

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

一东一西yī dōng yī xī

far apart

三十年河东,三十年河西sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī

the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant

不是东西bù shì dōng xi

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

二房东èr fáng dōng

sublandlord / tenant who sublets

作东zuò dōng

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

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