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Definition(s) for: 东奔西跑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
东奔西跑 dōng bēn xī pǎo - to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
- to bustle about

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 29,063 60,551 48,731

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dōng- surname Dong
dōng- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
bēn- to hurry
- to rush
- to run quickly
- to elope
bèn- to go to
- to head for
- towards
- Taiwan pr. [ben1]
bēn- variant of 奔[ben1]
bèn- variant of 奔[ben4]
西 - the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 - west
páo- (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
pǎo- to run
- to run away
- to escape
- to run around (on errands etc)
- (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
- (verb complement) away
- off

Other Words Containing 东奔西跑

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
东奔西跑 - - 29,063 60,551 48,731