方位名词“东”和“西”组合在一起便可泛指各种事物,并且在语言中被广泛使用,如“吃点东西”、“写点东西”等等,为什么不约言“南北”或其他词而非“东西”不可?因为自古以来,汉语中排列方位一般以“东西南北”或“东南西北”为序。由于这种习惯,当人们想用简略的词语来表示四方 The combination of the bearing nouns “East” and “West” can refer to various things and is widely used in languages ​​such as “eat something” and “write something”. Why not say “North and South”? Or other words than “things” are not available? Because since ancient times, the orientations in Chinese have generally been in the order of “East, West, South, North,” or “South East and West.” Because of this habit, when people want to use simple words to represent the Quartet