东家长西家短

to gossip (idiom)

surname Dong

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

master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child

length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

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

short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault