东风压倒西风

lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones

surname Dong

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

easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

see 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]

to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

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