东风压倒西风

dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng

Definitions

1. lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)
2. fig. one side prevails over the other
3. progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones

Child Words of 东风压倒西风

• 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 压 yā: to press
• 压倒 yā dǎo: to overwhelm
• 东 dōng: east
• 西 xī: the West
• 风 fēng: wind
• 东风 dōng fēng: easterly wind