war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
trad. 東征西怨
Also written 東征西怨【dōng zhēng xī yuàn】
Characters in this word
4东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
征
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journey, trip, expedition, to go on long campaign, to attack
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 8
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
怨
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to blame, (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- Pinyin
- yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 24573 of 2500