dōng bēn xī zǒu

ㄉㄨㄥㄅㄣㄒㄧㄗㄡˇ

HSK 7-9core 10k

1to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

2to bustle about

3to hopscotch

4also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]

cháng长nián年lèi累yuè月dōng bēn xī zǒu东奔西走máng忙sǐ死liǎo了，shēng huó生活tài太méi yǒu没有guī lǜ规律liǎo了。

长年累月东奔西走忙死了，生活太没有规律了。

I'm so busy running about year in, year out. My life has no consistency.