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1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

Idioms (20)

中西合璧

Zhōng Xī hé bì

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

各奔东西

gè bèn dōng xī

1 to go separate ways (idiom)
2 to part ways with sb
3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

喝西北风

hē xī běi fēng

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

夕阳西下

xī yáng xī xià

1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)

太阳从西边出来

tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly

Sample Sentences

先生说，“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？”

xiānsheng shuō ，“cuò le 。shì Shānxī ，búshi Shǎnxī 。”tā shuō ：“Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī ，búshi chàbuduō ma ？”

“Wrong!” the teacher corrected him. “It is Shanxi not Shaanxi.” Mr. Chabuduo said, “Well aren't Shanxi and Shaanxi just about the same?"

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他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。

tā zài xuétáng de shíhou ，xiānsheng wèn tā ：“zhílìshěng de xībiān shì něi yī shěng ？”tā shuō shì Shǎnxī 。

Once, while attending school, a teacher asked him which province was located on the western border of Hebei. He said it was Shaanxi.

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陕西路是单行道，下去不能右拐，只能左拐。

Shǎnxī Lù shì dānxíngdào ，xiàqu bùnéng yòuguǎi ，zhǐnéng zuǒguǎi 。

Shaanxi Road is a one-way street. After I get off, I can't turn right. I can only turn left.

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天啊！这是哪里啊？怎么是陕西路？

tiān a ！zhè shì nǎli a ？zěnme shì Shǎnxī Lù ？

What?! What is this place? Shaanxi Road?

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是啊。佟掌柜的陕西话和李大嘴的东北话，虽然是方言，但都和普通话比较接近，观众一听就懂。语言的喜剧效果就这样出来了。

shì ā 。Tóng zhǎngguì de Shǎnxī huà hé Lǐ Dàzuǐ de dōngběi huà ，suīrán shì fāngyán ，dàn dōu hé pǔtōnghuà bǐjiào jiējìn ，guānzhòng yī tīng jiù dǒng 。yǔyán de xǐjù xiàoguǒ jiù zhèyàng chūlái le 。

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