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
anagram		捭闔縱橫／捭阖纵横

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zònghéng-bǎihé, zōnghéng-bǎihé

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zònghéng-bǎihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zònghéngbǎihé
    • Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-hêng²-pai³-ho²
    • Yale: dzùng-héng-bǎi-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqherngbaeher
    • Palladius: цзунхэнбайхэ (czunxɛnbajxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōnghéng-bǎihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zonghéngbǎihé
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-hêng²-pai³-ho²
    • Yale: dzūng-héng-bǎi-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongherngbaeher
    • Palladius: цзунхэнбайхэ (czunxɛnbajxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤŋ³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 縱橫捭闔

1. (figurative) to manoeuvre amongst various political groupings