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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「東拉西扯」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Sometimes he talks about one thing, sometimes he talks about another. It means speaking in a disorganized manner without any focus.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dōng lā xī chě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung1 laai1 sai1 che2

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