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纵横

zòng héng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 縱橫

纵横 (zòng héng) means "lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 纵横 means

1. lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
2. length and breadth
3. criss-crossed
4. able to move unhindered
5. abbr. for {合纵连横|Hé zòng Lián héng}, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

The characters in 纵横

• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise

Words starting with 纵横

• 纵横交错zòng héng jiāo cuòcriss-crossed (idiom)
• 纵横家Zòng héng jiāSchool of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates…
• 纵横字谜zòng héng zì mícrossword
• 纵横驰骋zòng héng chí chěngto criss-cross; to run unhindered across the whole country

Words containing 纵横

• 涕泗纵横tì sì zòng héngtears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state

Where 纵横 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zǐ–zǒu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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