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Chengyu are Chinese idioms that consist of four characters. Although they originate from classical Chinese, Chengyu remain as an important aspect in both spoken and written language. They may seem erratic and confusing to you at first since they don’t follow the usual sentence order and their meanings depend heavily on context. But don’t worry, in this Chengyu series, we will introduce simple Chengyu made up with all the characters that you already knew, and you can infer the actual meaning by looking at the separate characters!

In this lesson, let’s take a look at the Chengyu with East (东) and West (西) in them!

Key Vocabulary:
问东问西 - wèndōngwènxī - to ask about everything
忘东忘西 - wàngdōngwàngxī - to forget about things
年纪 - niánjì - age
买东买西 - mǎidōngmǎixī - to buy many things
讲东讲西 - jiǎngdōngjiǎngxī - to talk about everything
东张西望 - dōngzhāngxīwàng - to look in all directions (idiom)
东奔西走 - dōngbēnxīzǒu - to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about

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