HSK 6
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纵横
/ zònghéng /
Strokes
Definition
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal/length and breadth/criss-crossed/able to move unhindered/abbr. for 合纵连横[hé zòng lián héng], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Example
As an Adjective
in length and breadth; vertical and horizontal
1
Yǎnqián
眼前
shì
是
zònghéng
纵横
shù
数
bǎi
百
mǔ
亩
de
的
màitián
麦田
。
Before us is a stretch of wheat fields over a hundred mu in length and breadth.
2
Xiàng
像
zhīzhūwǎng
蜘蛛网
yīyàng
一样
zònghéng
纵横
de
的
tiělùxiàn
铁路线
web-like network of railways
3
Zònghéngjiāocuò
纵横交错
crisscross
As an Adverb
with great ease; freely
4
Bǐyì
笔意
zònghéng
纵横
write with great ease
As a Verb
sweep over; march over unhindered
5
Hóngjūn
红军
chángzhēng
长征
èrwànwǔqiān
二万五千
lǐ
里
,
zònghéng
纵横
11
11
gè
个
shěng
省
。
The Red Army swept over 11 provinces in its long march of 25,000 li .