八方 bā fāng — the eight points of the compass/all directions

八方
bā fāng

Characters: 八 · 方

Definitions

  1. the eight points of the compass/all directions

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. the eight points of the compass
  2. all directions

ExtDict

  1. 指东、西、南、北、东南、东北、西南、西北，泛指周围各地：四面～｜一方有难，～支援。

Examples

  • 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树仿佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。

    In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.