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to ramble

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

dong1la1xi1che3 dōnglāxīchě

Meaning


Primary

to ramble

Alternatives

ramble, rambling, rambles, to ramble on, ramble on, to talk at random, talk at random, to talk randomly, talk randomly

Mnemonic


東拉西扯 To ramble is to talk on and on without any clear point, at one moment 拉 pulling in some topic from the 東 east, and in the next moment 扯 pulling in a completely different topic from the 西 west.

Usage


別 再 東拉西扯 了。

Stop rambling.

他 說話 總是 東拉西扯。

He always talks in a rambling way.

老師 要求 學生 不要 東拉西扯。

The teacher asks students not to ramble.