Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.
贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。
Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west.
因为几乎所有的四合院有南面的门和主要楼房,所以大部分的胡同是从东到西建造的。
My final destination in China is the city of Harbin in the north-east, about one thousand kilometres from Beijing.
我在中国最后的目的地是东北的哈尔滨,离北京大概一千公里左右。
Shanghai is referred to as the Paris of the East.
上海被称为东方的巴黎。
As commercial and cultural contacts between East and West developed, Arab and Persian traders began calling on China along the Silk Road in increasing numbers.
隨著東西方之間的貿易及文化往來日漸發展,越來越多的阿拉伯和波斯商人開始沿著絲路拜訪中國。
Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
师傅,方向反了,我要去东边,你怎么往西边开?
Of the two of them, one heads east and one heads west.