`Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms.
`用耳朵听'和`分成四个四分之一'是赘述.
The minister's speech is interpreted in some quarters (ie by some people) as an admission that the Government was wrong.
部长的讲话有人认为是承认政府错了.
The wind blew from all quarters.
风从四面八方吹来.