| 东风压倒西风 |
dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng |
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东风 |
dōng fēng |
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 压 |
yā |
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure |
| 压 |
yà |
used in 压根儿 / used in 压马路 / used in 压板 |
| 压倒 |
yā dǎo |
to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming |
| 倒 |
dǎo |
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit |
| 倒 |
dào |
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |