point to east and west(zhǐ dōng huà xī)

point to east and west

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ǐ D ō nghu à x ī, which means the gesture when speaking. It means to talk away from the theme and ramble. It's from Song Shi Puji's five Lantern Festival.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: referring to the East and drawing the West

The origin of Idioms

The fourteenth volume of wudenghuiyuan written by Shi Puji in Song Dynasty: "to talk about the green and the yellow, to direct the East and the West."

Idiom explanation

It refers to the gesture when speaking. Metaphors are used to avoid the theme.

Chinese PinYin : zhǐ dōng huà xī