东征西讨

Traditional: 東征西討

dōng zhēng xī tǎo

Dictionary entry

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

What does 东征西讨 mean?

东征西讨 (dōng zhēng xī tǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

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东Dōngsurname Dong 征zhēngjourney · trip 西Xīthe West · abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]讨tǎoto invite · to provoke

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