| 东方不亮西方亮 |
dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng |
if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东方 |
Dōng fāng |
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang |
| 东方 |
dōng fāng |
east |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 亮 |
liàng |
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西方 |
Xī fāng |
the West / the Occident / Western countries |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 亮 |
liàng |
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) |