八方 bā fāng
bā fāng
set phrase
the eight points of the compass; all directions
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '八方'; Guoyu '八方')
Contained in
- 八方受敌(八方受敵) surrounded by enemies on all sides
- 眼观四面，耳听八方(眼觀四面，耳聽八方) the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 四面八方 in all directions; all around
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
- 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第六十三回 Chapter 63 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷6 志第1 禮儀一 Volume 6 Treatises 1: Rites 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷五十七 杜欒劉李劉謝列傳 Volume 57: Biographies of Du, Luan, Liu, Li, Liu, Xie Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
Collocations
- 八方归 (八方歸) 八方歸德 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷四 Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 八方之外 (八方之外) 八方之外 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 4
- 八方中央 (八方中央) 八方中央 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十一 Scroll 11 — count: 3
- 八方六合 (八方六合) 以八方六合為四境 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 3
- 象八方 (象八方) 八觚宣通象八方 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十五下 郊祀志 Volume 25b: Treatise on Sacrifices 2 — count: 2
- 八方来 (八方來) 八方來同 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three — count: 2
- 总八方 (總八方) 總八方而為之極 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 2
- 八方四海 (八方四海) 八方四海慶太平 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 — count: 2
- 八方天心 (八方天心) 八方天心 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷69 列傳第34 王劭 袁充 Volume 69 Biographies 34: Wang Shao, Yuan Chong — count: 2
- 定八方 (定八方) 定八方 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百二十六 周書17: 列傳六 馮道 Volume 126 Book of Later Zhou 28: Biographies 6 - Feng Dao — count: 2