東一句西一句

See also: 东一句西一句

Chinese

		east	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence	west	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (東一句西一句)		東	一	句	西	一	句
simp. (东一句西一句)		东	一	句	西	一	句

Etymology

Literally: east one sentence, west one sentence

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng yījù xī yījù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng yījù xī yījù [Phonetic: dōng yíjù xī yíjù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong yijyù si yijyù
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹ i¹-chü⁴ hsi¹ i¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: dūng yī-jyù syī yī-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong ijiuh shi ijiuh
    • Palladius: дун ицзюй си ицзюй (dun iczjuj si iczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

Idiom

東一句西一句

1. speak without any sense of coherence