东拉西扯
dōng​lā​xī​chě

to ramble

  • created reference approved 东拉西扯/東拉西扯 → 东扯西拉/東扯西拉 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东拉西扯 / 東拉西扯 dōng​lā​xī​chě

    东扯西拉 / 東扯西拉 dōng​chě​xī​lā

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 东拉西扯/東拉西扯 · dōng​lā​xī​chě · to ramble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东拉西扯 / 東拉西扯

    dōng​lā​xī​chě

    to ramble

    (idiom) to talk about this and that; to ramble incoherently or wander off the topic in speech or writing

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to chat 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 扯 (literal) → 扯 · chě · to chat

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

    created sense