Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
trad. 合縱連橫
Also written 合縱連橫【Hé zòng Lián héng】
Characters in this word
4合
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100 ml, one-tenth of a peck, measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- Pinyin
- gě
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6863 of 2500
纵
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vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]), from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]), military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]), (bound form) to release (a captive), to indulge, to leap up, (literary) even if
- Pinyin
- zòng
- Traditional
- 縱
- Strokes
- 7
连
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surname Lian
- Pinyin
- Lián
- Traditional
- 連
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 563 of 2500
横
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horizontal, across, crosswise, horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters), to place (sth) flat (on a surface), to cross (a river, etc), in a jumble, chaotic, (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable, violent
- Pinyin
- héng
- Traditional
- 橫
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 25254 of 2500