东风压倒西风

Traditional: 東風壓倒西風

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Dictionary entry

lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)

What does 东风压倒西风 mean?

东风压倒西风 (dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)

2fig. one side prevails over the other

3progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones

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东Dōngsurname Dong 风fēngwind · news 压yāto press · to push down 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt 西Xīthe West · abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]

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