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东方不亮西方亮【dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng】

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

东方不亮西方亮【dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng】

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

东

HSK 1

含义east, eastern, eastward

拼音dōng

方

HSK 11

含义a square, rectangle; a region; local

拼音fāng

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

亮

HSK 21

含义bright, brilliant, radiant, light

拼音liàng

西

HSK 11

含义west(ern); westward, occident; Kangxi radical 146

拼音xī