Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「東奔西逃」, detailed below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「東奔西逃」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Run to the east and escape to the west. Fleeing everywhere. Same as “flee east and west”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng bēn xī táo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 ban1 sai1 tou4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
