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東邊 east side;
遠東 the Far East: 近東 Middle East;
東半球 Eastern Hemisphere;
東風過耳 (advice) unheeded;
東山再起 (of politician) to stage a comebake (allu.);
東施效顰 (allu.) ugly woman (東施) trying to imitate famous beauty (西施) knitting her brows.
(2) Host, landlord, owner: 房東 landlord;
股東 shareholder;
作東 be host of dinner;
東道，東兒，東家 [dong1dao4], [dong1er0], [dong1jia1]↓.
(3) (MC) toilet, latrine 東廁，東司.
(4) A surname.
oft. coupled with 西 west, describing confusion, on all sides: 東倒西歪，東零西亂 lying on all sides;
東一個，西一個 lying here and there, spread everywhere;
東一拳，西一腳 a blow here, a kick there;
東不成，西不就 cannot or will not accept post and be without job;
東塗西抹 draw paint everywhere;
東食西宿 without definite place for board or lodging;
東拉西扯 (of talk) rambling, incoherent, disorderly;
東奔西走 going in all directions for s.t.;
東張西望 to look in all directions.
2.東邊 [dong1bian1], adj., east side, on the east.
3.東床 [dong1chuang2], n., son-in-law: 東床快婿，坦腹東床 (allu.).
4.東道 [dong1dao4], n., host for party: 做東道, also 東道主.
5.東丁 [dong1ding1], n., jingling sound.
6.東都 [dong1du1], n., Loyang in Suhng Dyn.
7.東方 [dong1fang1], n., (1) the east, the Orient: 東方文化 oriental culture; (2) a surname.
8.東宮 [dong1gong1], n., the crown prince; his residence; also empress in East Palace.
9.東家 [dong1jia1], n., (1) landlord, house owner; (2) the person whom one serves as tutor, secretary or domestic help; (3) eastern neighbor.
10.東京 [dong1jing1], n., Tokyo; 東京灣 Gulf of Tonkin, also Tokyo Bay.
11.東兒 [dong1er0], n., host for party.
12.東南亞 [dong1nan2ya3], n., Southeast Asia; 東南亞公約組織 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
13.東三省 [dong1san1sheng3], n., Manchuria.
14.東西 [dong1xi1], n., (1) east and west; (2) ([dong1xi0]) a thing: 很多東西 many things; 甚麼東西 what, what things; 你是甚麼東西 (abusive) what are you anyway? 不是東西 a rascal, scoundrel.
15.東廁 [dong1ce4], n., latrine.
16.東亞 [dong1ya3], n., East Asia.
17.東洋 [dong1yang2], n., Japan; 東洋人 Japanese; 東洋車 rickshaw, also called 人力車 jinrickshaw.
18.東瀛 [dong1ying2], n., Japan.