东风压倒西风

dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng

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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

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Child Words of 东风压倒西风

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