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Examples:the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)—east, south, west and north—refers German democratic republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)—refers German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)—East and West hemispheres—lit. pull down the east wall repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient—Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan—lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west—Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet—make a declaration for the east and strike to the west—lit. pull down the east wall repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient— |