Push the east to the West
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ī D ō ngzh ǔ x ī, meaning to push the east to the West. It's an excuse not to tell the truth. From Xue Rengui by Zhang Guobin of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The third discount of Xue Rengui by Zhang Guobin in Yuan Dynasty: "Wu nasi, I ask you, don't push the East and the West!"
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: push three to block four
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
Push the east to the West
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