war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
trad. 東討西征
Also written 東討西征【dōng tǎo xī zhēng】
Characters in this word
4东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
讨
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to invite, to provoke, to demand or ask for, to send armed forces to suppress, to denounce or condemn, to marry (a woman), to discuss or study
- Pinyin
- tǎo
- Traditional
- 討
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 16727 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
征
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journey, trip, expedition, to go on long campaign, to attack
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 8