Moving east and West(dōng xǐ xī qiān)

Moving east and West

Moving east and West, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGX ǐ x ī Qi ā n, which means moving around, wandering. It comes from two biographies of the western regions in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the second biography of the western regions in the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that "we should abide by our duties, protect our country and neighbors, and avoid foreign invasion. Why move eastward and westward, just to get exhausted. "

Analysis of Idioms

Move to the East and move to the West

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, object; refers to instability. He moved to the East and West and was on the verge of danger. Jiang Fan's biography of Sinology teachers in Qing Dynasty (Volume 8)

Chinese PinYin : dōng xǐ xī qiān