东一榔头西一棒子
dōng​yī​láng​tou​xī​yī​bàng​zi

to work aimlessly

  • created sense approved 东一榔头西一棒子/東一榔頭西一棒子 · dōng​yī​láng​tou​xī​yī​bàng​zi · to work aimlessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东一榔头西一棒子 / 東一榔頭西一棒子

    dōng​yī​láng​tou​xī​yī​bàng​zi

    to work aimlessly

    banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision; to do things in a disorganized and erratic manner

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 榔头 (literal) → 榔头/榔頭 · láng​tou · hammer 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 棒子 (literal) → 棒子 · bàng​zi · stick

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense