to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
trad. 東拉西扯
Also written 東拉西扯【dōng lā xī chě】
Characters in this word
4东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
拉
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to pull, to play (a bowed instrument), to drag, to draw, to chat, (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- Pinyin
- lā
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 645 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
扯
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to pull, to tear, (of cloth, thread etc) to buy, to chat, to gossip, (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous, hokey
- Pinyin
- chě
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3848 of 2500