东方不亮西方亮
Traditional form:
東方不亮西方亮
Pinyin (reading):
dōngfāngbùliàngxīfāngliàng
Definitions:
- if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)
- if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
Characters:
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 亮 - bright, brilliant, radiant, light
- 西 - west, western, westward
- 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 亮 - bright, brilliant, radiant, light
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