to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway; (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
trad. 東倒西歪
Also written 東倒西歪【dōng dǎo xī wāi】
Characters in this word
4东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
倒
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to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally, to fail; to go bankrupt, to overthrow, to change (trains or buses), to move around, to resell at a profit
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 578 of 2500
西
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the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2], Spanish
- Pinyin
- Xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2156 of 2500
歪
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askew, at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, (coll.) to lie on one's side
- Pinyin
- wāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 10919 of 2500