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東一榔頭西一棒子
简 东一榔头西一棒子 · 繁 東一榔頭西一棒子Mandarin · pinyin dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi
Meanings
- banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
Characters in this entry
- 東
- dōng · east, eastern, eastward
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 榔
- láng · betel-nut tree
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 西
- xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
- 棒
- bàng · stick, club, truncheon; hit
- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 东
- dōng · east, eastern, eastward
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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Mandarin tones
1–1–2–2–1–1–4–5 · dong1 yi1 lang2 tou2 xi1 yi1 bang4 zi5
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dung1 jat1 long4 tau4 sai1 jat1 paang5 zi2
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phrase
- (figurative) doing things without clear organisation or objective
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