look around(dōng zhāng xī wàng)

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Citation explanation

Look around. It describes looking around restlessly. Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan: "sanqiaoer only believes in the words of the man who sells hexagrams. He just wants his husband to come back. At this time, he often goes to the front building and looks around in the curtain." The third chapter of Wu Jingzi's the scholars of the Qing Dynasty: I saw Fan Jin holding a chicken, putting a straw sign in his hand, walking step by step, looking around, looking for someone to buy there. The tenth chapter of the biography of Pingyao: "I saw the Tuo walking around the woods with a short staff with eyebrows, looking around." Chapter 43 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty: it turns out that since he got on the ship and looked around, he didn't take care of his luggage, so he met a pickpocket. Mao Dun's midnight nine: "as they walk, they look around and exchange one or two simple words from time to time."

Idiom usage

I see Fan Jin holding a chicken, putting a straw label in his hand, walking step by step, looking for someone to buy it. The third chapter of Wu Jingzi's scholars in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of Feng Menglong's ancient and modern novels in Ming Dynasty: "sanqiaoer only believes in the words of the man who sells hexagrams. He only wants his husband to come back. From then on, he often goes to the front building and looks around in the curtain."

Chinese PinYin : dōng zhāng xī wàng