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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
southeast
HSK 2
east
HSK 2
northeast
HSK 2
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
East Asia
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Southeast Asia
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
east and west
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市, Shandong
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
two-character surname Dongguo
Dongying, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
east west south north
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
owner (e.g. of a shop)
Southeast University
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
Dongjiang River
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
Northeast China; Manchuria
Oriental Daily News
Eastern and Western culture
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国
punitive expedition to the east
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
east, south, west and north / all directions
east side (of sth)
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
east side / east face
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
East Africa
east longitude
Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市, Inner Mongolia
Donggang, the name of various places, including 東港市|东港市, a county-level city in Dandong 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning, and 東港區|东港区, a district of Rizhao 日照市, Shandong
host
Donghe or Tungho township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
Eastern Orthodox Church
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
(coll.) thing / item / stuff
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
(bird species of China) Amur stonechat; Stejneger's stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) / fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group / abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
(idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady / (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom)
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
son-in-law
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

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