四方
sì fāng
Pinyin

Definition

四方
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sì fāng
  1. four-way
  2. four-sided
  3. in all directions
  4. everywhere

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party
方
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang

Idioms (20)

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

Sample Sentences

这不是想逗你开心嘛。其实我也不信这些的，不过我奶奶信，像什么“男人嘴大吃四方，女人嘴大吃钱粮，喜鹊报喜，乌鸦报忧等等，差不多对每件事都有她的一套说法。
zhè bù shì xiǎng dòu nǐ kāixīn ma 。qíshí wǒ yě bùxìn zhèxiē de ，bùguò wǒ nǎinai xìn ，xiàng shénme “nánrén zuǐdà chī sìfāng，nǚrén zuǐdà chi ，xǐquè bàoxǐ，wūyā bàoyōu děngděng ，chàbuduō duì měi jiàn shì dōu yǒu tā de yītào shuōfa 。
I'm not just fooling with you. Actually, I don't believe in this stuff, either. But my grandma believes them, stuff like ''A man with big lips will eat a lot, a woman with big lips will spend a lot." ''Magpies report good news, crows report bad." She has something to say about nearly everything that happens.
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