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Trad. 橫
- 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
Trad. 橫鉤
- horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
Trad. 縱橫
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
- length and breadth
- criss-crossed
- able to move unhindered
- abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Trad. 橫吹
- military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han
- transverse flute
- to play such a flute
Trad. 橫山
- Hengshan, the name of various places
- Yokoyama (Japanese surname)
Trad. 橫生
- to grow without restraint
- overflowing with
- to happen unexpectedly
Trad. 連橫
- Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
Trad. 橫財
- easy money
- windfall
- ill-gotten gains
- undeserved fortune
- illegal profit
Trad. 縱橫家
- School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
Trad. 發橫財
- to make easy money
- to make a fortune
- to line one's pockets
Trad. 水橫枝
- cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
Trad. 窩裡橫
- (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
Trad. 橫山鄉
- Hengshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
Trad. 橫峰縣
- Hengfeng, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
Trad. 橫州市
- Hengzhou, a county-level city in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 橫濱市
- Yokohama, major port city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan
Trad. 橫結腸
- transverse colon (anatomy)
- second section of large intestine
Trad. 屍橫遍野
- (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
Trad. 老氣橫秋
- old and decrepit
- proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
Trad. 橫躺豎臥
- to lie down all over the place
- exhausted and in disarray
Trad. 橫須賀市
- Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
Trad. 橫頭橫腦
- coarse and arrogant
- always in the right
Trad. 縱橫馳騁
- to criss-cross
- to run unhindered across the whole country
Trad. 才華橫溢
- brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
- brilliant
Trad. 風趣橫生
- (idiom) spiced with wit
- very witty
Trad. 涕泗橫流
- tears and mucus flowing profusely
- sniveling
- in a tragic state
Trad. 涕泗縱橫
- tears and mucus flowing profusely
- sniveling
- in a tragic state
Trad. 妙趣橫生
- endlessly interesting (idiom)
- very witty
Trad. 橫七豎八
- in disorder
- at sixes and sevens (idiom)
Trad. 橫刀奪愛
- to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
Trad. 眼淚橫流
- to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
Trad. 橫屍遍野
- corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
Trad. 口沫橫飛
- (idiom) to speak vehemently; to express oneself with great passion
Trad. 橫征暴斂
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
Trad. 合縱連橫
- 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. 橫斑林鶯
- (bird species of China) barred warbler (Curruca nisoria)
Trad. 橫斷山脈
- Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
Trad. 飛來橫禍
- sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
Trad. 橫生枝節
- to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
Trad. 橫眉怒目
- lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
- to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
Trad. 橫空出世
- (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
Trad. 枝節橫生
- side issues keep arising (idiom)
Trad. 橫行霸道
- to oppress
- to rule as a despot
- to tyrannize
Trad. 橫衝直撞
- (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
Trad. 血肉橫飛
- (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage
Trad. 橫說豎說
- to explain sth over and over again
- to repeat
Trad. 橫斑腹小鴞
- (bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama)
Trad. 人行橫道線
- crosswalk
- pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
Trad. 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼
- to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
- to criticize right and left
Trad. 橫眉冷對千夫指
- to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
- to treat with disdain
- to defy