East and West
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō ngch í x ī J ī, which means that the command is not unified, and several armies act separately. It's from Shengwu Ji.
The origin of Idioms
Volume 9 of Shengwu Ji written by Wei Yuan of the Qing Dynasty: "each of them is responsible for his own work. They should help each other instead of rushing to the East and the West
Idiom usage
As predicate or object
East and West
a remarkable place produces outstanding people - dì líng rén jié
swift as the wind and quick as lightning - diàn chè fēng chí
so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on - sheng wu li zhui
drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters - dōng lā xī chě