縱橫捭闔

縱橫捭闔

Chinese

		vertical and horizontal; with great ease	to manoeuvre to unite or divide
trad. (縱橫捭闔)		縱橫	捭闔
simp. (纵横捭阖)		纵横	捭阖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zònghéng-bǎihé, zōnghéng-bǎihé

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zònghéng-bǎihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqherngbaeher
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zōnghéng-bǎihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongherngbaeher
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤŋ³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵/

Idiom

縱橫捭闔

1. (figuratively) to manoeuvre amongst various political groupings