Word: 东 (dōng) Traditional: 東 东 dictionary entry dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); surname Dong; landlord Full dictionary entry for 东 Example sentences using 东 7 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 东一榔头,西一棒槌 Dōng yì lángtou, xī yí bàngchuí a hammer blow in the east, a club blow in the west 东尼,说话。 Dōng ní, shuōhuà. Ton, speak. 东庄的土地到西庄不灵 Dōng zhuāng de tǔdì dào xī zhuāng bùlíng the earth god of the east village has no power in the west village 他们俩一个往东,一个往西。 Tāmen liǎ yí gè wǎng Dōng, yí gè wǎng xī. Of the two of them, one heads east and one heads west. 往东走,就能看到车站。 Wǎng Dōng zǒu, jiù néng kàndào chēzhàn. Go east and you'll see the station. 朝西过东,两手脱空 cháo xī guò Dōng, liǎngshǒu tuōkōng head west and pass by the east, both hands empty 风吹墙头草,东吹西倒,西吹东倒 fēng chuī qiángtóucǎo,Dōng chuī xī dǎo,xī chuī Dōng dǎo wind blowing on grass atop a wall: blown from the east it falls west, blown from the west it falls east