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CHINESE WORD
- Numbered pinyin
- dong1 ben1 xi1 zou3
- English meanings
- 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]
Example sentences
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- 01
Run around everywhere.
- 02
wèi为gōngzuò工作dōngbēnxīzǒu东奔西走。
Running around for work.
- 03
Traveling year-round.
- 04
Hard and tiring.
- 05
Settled for now.
- 06
Settle down and work.
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