European surprise about British making move towards China? (9)
I believe the answer is:
eastbound
'move towards china?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'european surprise about british' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'surprise' becomes 'astound' (to astound is to shock or surprise).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'astound' placed around 'b' is 'astbound'.
'e'+'astbound'='EASTBOUND'
'making' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eastbound that I've seen before include "heading for the orient" , "as in A Passage to India?" , "Moving toward the orient" .)