东讨西征 dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Characters

Character Meaning
东 dōng HSK 1
east; surname Dong
讨 tǎo HSK 4
to demand or ask for; to provoke; to discuss or study
西 xī HSK 1
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙xī bān yá
征 zhēng HSK 5
to levy (taxes); to recruit; to draft (troops)