C市買駿馬,東市買鞍韉,南市買轡頭,北市買長鞭
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東市買駿馬,西市買鞍韉,南市買轡頭,北市買長鞭 ”用法

  “東市買駿馬”等句中的“東、南、西、北”便都是虛位而非實指。這裏隻是誇張地來形容木蘭出發前做準備的緊迫情況,

東西市,有東西.

Why Chinese call goods as 東西, By my guess, it is because of weather change was a difficulty for merchants to travel.