东央西告
dōng​yāng​xī​gào

to plead everywhere

  • created sense approved 东央西告/東央西告 · dōng​yāng​xī​gào · to plead everywhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东央西告 / 東央西告

    dōng​yāng​xī​gào

    to plead everywhere

    to beg or plead everywhere for help from anyone who will listen

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 央 (literal) → 央 · yāng · to beg 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 告 (literal) → 告 · gào · to request

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

    created sense