East and West
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGB ō x ī Li ú, which means to live in all directions. It comes from the book of shooting with Yang Pu in the Northern Qi Dynasty by Chen Xuling of the Southern Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In the Southern Dynasty, Chen Xuling wrote a book with Yang pushe in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "I also heard that the princes of this dynasty were all women, scattered in the wind and rain, spreading eastward and westward."
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: flowing eastward and westward
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, adverbial; used in life.
Chinese PinYin : dōng bō xī liú
East and West
unable to get up after a fall. yī diē bù zhèn
the paper is too short to describe one 's deep feeling. qíng cháng zhǐ duǎn
the cowherd and the weaving maid lovers separated by the milky way -- husband and wife living apart. niú láng zhī nǚ
struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival. sǐ zhōng qiú huó