东奔西走

dōng bēn xī zǒu

HSK 7

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Meaning 释义

  1. to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. to bustle about
  3. to hopscotch
  4. also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dōng pǎo xī diān]

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In real sentences 真实例句

长年累月chángniánlěiyuè东奔西走dōngbēnxīzǒu忙máng死sǐ了le，生活shēnghuó太tài没有méiyǒu规律guīlǜ了le。

I'm so busy running about year in, year out. My life has no consistency.

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