4 characters Idiom and proverb 11 549

Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「東張西張」. Explanation below.

The idiom 「東張西張」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

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

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dōng zhāng xī zhāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung1 jeung1 sai1 jeung1

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