run to and fro

run to and fro

Running east and West, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGB ē nx ī Z ǒ u, which means running around, mostly refers to being forced by life or running around for a certain purpose. It comes from Qinyuanchun, farewell to Zhang zhouqing.

The origin of Idioms

In the early Yuan and Wei dynasties, the rhyme of leaving Zhang zhouqing in the spring of Qinyuan said: "even in the past few years, we have had a good friendship, and we have been running east and West, and water has been sent to meet the mountain."

Analysis of Idioms

Moving around, setting up camp, settling down and staying still

Idiom usage

It means running around. It's better to be cured than in China. The thirtieth chapter of Water Margin by Chen Chen in Qing Dynasty