东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng Look around

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Traditional: 東張西望

Stroke order

东张西望 is written in 29 strokes across 4 characters.

东张西望 — the Chinese character for Look around (dōngzhāngxīwàng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 东张西望 — Look around

东 — 5 strokes
张 — 7 strokes
西 — 6 strokes
望 — 11 strokes

Senses

to look in all directions (idiom)
to glance around

Characters in 东张西望

东 dōng — east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
张 zhāng — to open up; to spread; sheet of paper
西 xī — west
望 wàng — full moon; to hope; to expect

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

东张西望 is pronounced dōngzhāngxīwàng and means “Look around”.

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