created sense approved 东扶西倒/東扶西倒 · dōngfúxīdǎo · hard to support — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
东扶西倒 / 東扶西倒
dōngfúxīdǎo
hard to support
To prop something up on the east only for it to fall to the west; describes a situation that is difficult to restore or stabilize, such as ruined crops or a dilapidated building; also used to describe the difficulty of raising or educating someone to become a useful person
东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 扶 (literal) → 扶 · fú · to support 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · west 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dǎo · to fall
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition