Results for “西”

(lit.) to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / (fig.) to rob Peter to pay Paul

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

(loanword) Timothy grass

sashimi (loanword)

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi

psi (Greek letter Ψψ)

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle

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

east, south, west and north / all directions

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

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[dōng pǎo xī diān]

to gossip (idiom)

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

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

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

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

to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

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

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

see 東張西望|东张西望[dōng zhāng xī wàng]

East and West hemispheres

east west south north

east-west distance

east and west / east to west

Eastern and Western culture

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

to dodge about

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

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

(Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth

sashimi (loanword)

fascism

upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)

remdesivir (antiviral medication) (loanword)

methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)

(loanword) penicillin

to micromanage / to be controlling

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