Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「東走西顧」, with more below.
Today’s idiom is 「東走西顧」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
A metaphor for having many concerns.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng zǒu xī gù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 jau2 sai1 gu3
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