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 ㄗㄨㄥˋto operate; to control; to manipulate; to rig (e.g., an election or market)
- 縱使ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇeven if; even though; regardless of whether; used to introduce a hypothetical or concessive condition
- 縱火ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇto set on fire; to commit arson; to deliberately start a fire.
- 縱容ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊto tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow bad behavior; to let someone act without restraint.
- 蠻橫ㄇㄢˊ ㄏㄥˋrude and unreasonable; acting in a rough, overbearing way; domineering and unwilling to listen to others.