| 东倒西歪 |
dōng dǎo xī wāi |
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 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 |
| 歪 |
wāi |
askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side |
| 歪 |
wǎi |
to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw) |