if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom); if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
trad. 東方不亮西方亮
Also written 東方不亮西方亮【dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng】
Characters in this word
5东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
方
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surname Fang
- Pinyin
- Fāng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6309 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
亮
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bright; light, to shine; to flash, loud and clear, to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- Pinyin
- liàng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5414 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