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東倒西歪

东倒西歪

dōngdǎoxīwāi

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
to sway
(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle

搖晃欲倒的樣子。《水滸傳．第二八回》：「雖然帶著五七分酒，卻裝做十分醉的，前顛後偃，東倒西歪。」《醒世恆言．卷二九》：「家人們不知為甚，嚇得東倒西歪，兒啼女哭，沒奔一頭處。」也作「東歪西倒」、「西歪東倒」。
傾倒零落的樣子。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord

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

askew
at a crooked angle
devious
noxious
(coll.) to lie on one's side

Related entries

to sway
to waver
to rock
to rattle
to destabilize
to pose a challenge to

到了最後的一刻，我的決心突然動搖了。

My resolution dissolved at the last moment.

Source: Tatoeba

to sway
to wobble
to waver

to sway
to swing
to move back and forth
to oscillate

to sway
to shake
to wander about

他上下晃了晃头。

He shook his head up and down.

Source: Tatoeba

to swirl about
(of leaves and branches) to sway

to rock
to sway
to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
to trick sb into doing sth
to dupe
to con

to shake
to sway

to flutter
to sway

to shake
to sway

使用前搖動一下瓶子。

Shake the bottle before using.

Source: Tatoeba

to swing
to sway

to swing
to sway

to swing
to sway
to wobble
to hang around
to hover around

to rock
to sway
to shake

to fall
to sway
to cross

swiftly moving
fleet
to sway