东一榔头西一棒子

1. • banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

Character by character

• 东(dōng)surname Dong
• 一(yī)one
• 榔(láng)tall tree
• 头(tóu)head
• 西(xī)the West
• 一(yī)one
• 棒(bàng)stick
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"