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東奔西走

東奔西走

See also: 东奔西走

Chinese

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go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope

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to walk; to go; to move; to leave

|- !trad. (東奔西走) | 東 | 奔 | 西 | 走 |- !simp. (东奔西走) | 东 | 奔 | 西 | 走 |}

Idiom

東奔西走

  1. to rush about busily; to busy oneself; to run about; to be on the move

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 奔 西 走
とう
Grade: 2 		ほん
Grade: S 		せい
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • On'yomi
  • (Tokyo) とうほんせいそう [tòóhóńséésóó] (Heiban - [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːhõ̞nse̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

東奔西走 ‎(hiragana とうほんせいそう, romaji tōhonseisō)

  1. busying oneself, running about

Verb

東奔西走する ‎(hiragana とうほんせいそうする, romaji tōhonseisō suru)

  1. busy oneself, run about, be on the move

Conjugation

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
東 奔 西 走

Noun

東奔西走 • ‎(dongbunseoju) ‎(hangeul 동분서주)

  1. Hanja form? of 동분서주, “busying oneself, running about”.

Pronunciation

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