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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「東睃西望」, with details below.

The idiom 「東睃西望」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Describes looking everywhere here and there. Same as “looking around”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dōng suō xī wàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung1 so1 sai1 mong6

The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.