WordTaiwan frequency #8,884
縱橫
ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊ
“vertical and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; (fig.) diplomatic maneuvering, as in the Warring States period School of Diplomacy; unrestrained, unchecked; winding, undulating; numerous and scattered.”
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- 操縱ㄘㄠ ㄗㄨㄥto operate; to control; to manipulate; to rig (e.g., an election or market)
- 縱使ㄗㄨㄥ ㄕˇeven if; even though; regardless of whether; used to introduce a hypothetical or concessive condition
- 橫跨ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄚˋto span; to stretch across; to travel across; to extend over
- 縱火ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇto set on fire; to commit arson; to deliberately start a fire.
- 縱然ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊeven if; even though; despite the fact that; notwithstanding.
- 橫向ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋhorizontal; sideways; lateral; crosswise; in a horizontal direction
- 橫行ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊact tyrannically and run wild; walk sideways like a crab; spread everywhere; gallop freely; arrange horizontally
- 縱容ㄗㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊto tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow bad behavior; to let someone act without restraint.
- 橫掃ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇto sweep across rapidly and forcefully; to sweep everything in one's path; to win overwhelmingly.
- 放縱ㄈㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋto indulge; to let someone do as they please; to act without restraint or discipline
- 縱谷ㄗㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇvalley running parallel to the main mountain range
- 橫越ㄏㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋto cross horizontally; to traverse or pass across