“东”和“西”本是方位名词，日出而东，日落而西，周而复始，但中国的汉字词意颇奇，“东”有时又做人称代词表示“主人”。其缘于古代先人邀客，主位在东，宾位在西。而当方位名词“东”、“西”联缀在一起称为“东西”时便可泛指各种具体的或抽象的事物，譬如“借点东西， “East” and “West” are the terms of orientation. The sunrise and the east, the sunset and the west go round and round again. However, the Chinese characters are quite curious in China. Sometimes, they are called “masters” through personal pronouns. Due to the ancient ancestors invited guests, the main in the East, Bin in the West. When the azimuths “East” and “West” are collectively referred to as “things,” they can be broadly used to refer to various concrete or abstract things, such as "borrowing something,