The Chinese word 各奔东西 is formed by the sequential arrangement of four characters: 各, meaning "each" or "every"; 奔, meaning "to run" or "to hurry"; and 东西, which combines 东 (east) and 西 (west) to indicate opposite directions. The phrase structurally places 各 as the subject, 奔 as the action, and 东西 as the directional complement, resulting in a literal meaning of "each runs east and west", directly conveying the idea of separation or going different ways.