东张西望

dōngzhāngxīwàng

gaze (or peer) around; glance this way and that; look in every direction

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gaze around; scrounge

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gaze around; scrounge

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dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4

to look in all directions (idiom), to glance around

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东张西望

dōng zhāng xī wàng

look (glance) this way and that; gaze (peer) around; gaze right and left; look all around; look east and west; peer in all directions:

这个女学生提着她的行李， 在站台外东张西望， 却看不见有接她的人。 With her luggage in her hands, the girl stood looking round in all directions, but apparently no one had come to meet her.

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東張西望|东张西望 [dōng zhāng xī wàng] ► to look in all directions (idiom) ► to glance around