東一榔頭西一棒子 dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

CHARACTERS

東 dōng east, eastern, eastward
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
榔 láng betel-nut tree
頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss
西 xī
HSK 1
west(ern); westward, occident
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
棒 bàng
HSK 4
stick, club, truncheon; hit
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch