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東奔西走

dōngbēnxīzǒu

ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄗㄡˇ

Simplified 东奔西走

  1. 1to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2to bustle about
  3. 3to hopscotch
  4. 4also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]
Example

長年累月東奔西走忙死了,生活太沒有規律了。

chángniánlěiyuè dōngbēnxīzǒu máng sǐ le shēnghuó tài méiyǒu guīlǜ le

I'm so busy running about year in, year out. My life has no consistency.

Keep 東奔西走 and it comes back until you know it.

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