East and West
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGB ō x ī Li ú, which means to live in all directions. It comes from the book of shooting with Yang Pu in the Northern Qi Dynasty by Chen Xuling of the Southern Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In the Southern Dynasty, Chen Xuling wrote a book with Yang pushe in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "I also heard that the princes of this dynasty were all women, scattered in the wind and rain, spreading eastward and westward."
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: flowing eastward and westward
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, adverbial; used in life.
East and West
too beautiful to be absorbed all at once - měi bù shèng shōu
lacking the necessary materials one cannot accomplish one 's intentions - wú mǐ zhī chuī