East and West
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à ngch í x à Zhu à ng, which means to rush everywhere without a fixed goal. It's from Hua Yue Chen.
The origin of Idioms
The fourth and seventh chapter of "traces of the moon and flowers" says: "the horse is rushing around, so don't pawl it."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, object and adverbial.
East and West
dodge a pit only to fall into a well - bì kēng luò jǐng
funny acting and saying of a player - dǎ hùn chā kē
never yield in spite of reverses - bǎi zhé bù náo