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Chinese
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Idiom
東西南北
- east, west, south and north; everywhere; all corners of the world
2023 , 丘處機, “Sighing Over My Life”, in Ruth W. Dunnell, Stephen H. West, Shao-yun Yang, transl., 長春真人西遊記 , Oxford University Press, →ISBN:丘也東西南北人- Qiū yě dōngxī nánběi rén
- I, Qiu, am a person who has gone in every direction.
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Japanese
Etymology
Middle Chinese 東西南北, from 東西 (“east and west”) + 南北 (“north and south”)
Pronunciation
Noun
東西南北 • (tōzai nanboku)
- (literal) east, west, south and north
- (figurative) everywhere; all directions
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