东市买骏马,西市买鞍鞯,南市买辔头,北市买长鞭 ”用法 “东市买骏马”等句中的“东、南、西、北”便都是虚位而非实指。这里只是夸张地来形容木兰出发前做准备的紧迫情况,东西市,有东西.Why Chinese call goods as 东西, By my guess, it is because of weather change was a difficulty for merchants to travel.