东一榔头西一棒子

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

tall tree (archaic)

hammer / large hammer / sledgehammer

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race

stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)