The East and the West
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à NGD à NGX à ch ú, which means to send troops to pacify the rebellion. It's from Kuai Tong.
The origin of Idioms
In Yuan Dynasty, the first discount of Wu Mingshi's "earn Kuai Tong" is: "assist the emperor Gao to go south to fight in the north, and follow the generals to wipe out the East and the West."
Word usage
Used as predicate, object, attribute; used in war. In the past, Emperor Wuzu of the Wei Dynasty was not easy to win the world. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : dōng dàng xī chú
The East and the West
make a poor imitation of sth.. huà hǔ lèi quǎn
be in a deplorable plight and powerless. shì qióng lì cù