横竖
héng shu
Pinyin

Definition

横竖
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héng shu
  1. anyway

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

héng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 across
  3. 3 crosswise
  4. 4 horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. 5 to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6 to cross (a river, etc)
  7. 7 in a jumble
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. 10 violent
héng pī
  1. 1 horizontal scroll (for inscription)
héng xíng
  1. 1 to go on the rampage
  2. 2 to riot
  3. 3 to run amuck
zòng héng
  1. 1 lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
  2. 2 length and breadth
  3. 3 criss-crossed
  4. 4 able to move unhindered
  5. 5 abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[Hé zòng Lián héng], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
shù
  1. 1 to erect
  2. 2 vertical
  3. 3 vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
zhuān hèng
  1. 1 imperious
  2. 2 peremptory
qiáng hèng
  1. 1 surly and unreasoning
  2. 2 bullying
  3. 3 tyrannical
cái huá héng yì
  1. 1 brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
  2. 2 brilliant
héng xiàng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 orthogonal
  3. 3 perpendicular
  4. 4 lateral
  5. 5 crosswise
héng fú
  1. 1 horizontal scroll
  2. 2 banner
  3. 3 streamer
héng sǎo
  1. 1 to sweep away
  2. 2 to sweep across
héng sǎo qiān jūn
  1. 1 total annihilation
héng liáng
  1. 1 beam
héng liú
  1. 1 to overflow
  2. 2 transverse flow
  3. 3 to flow over
  4. 4 cross flow
héng dù
  1. 1 to cross (a body of water)
Héng bīn
  1. 1 Yokohama, Japan
héng shēng
  1. 1 to grow without restraint
  2. 2 overflowing with
  3. 3 to happen unexpectedly
hèng huò
  1. 1 unexpected calamity
héng kōng
  1. 1 filling the atmosphere
  2. 2 covering the sky

Idioms (15)

妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
  1. 1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
  2. 2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
眼泪横流
yǎn lèi hèng liú
  1. 1 to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
纵横交错
zòng héng jiāo cuò
  1. 1 criss-crossed (idiom)
老气横秋
lǎo qì héng qiū
  1. 1 old and decrepit
  2. 2 proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
血肉横飞
xuè ròu héng fēi
  1. 1 flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage
  2. 2 people blown to pieces
飞来横祸
fēi lái hèng huò
  1. 1 sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)

Sample Sentences

小学时候我们班就有三类人:“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩(比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》);“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器,还奥数好英语好钢琴八级;还有一种人没啥当,只好当“井货”(横竖都是二)。
xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén :“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā (bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》);“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ,hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ;háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ,zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”(héngshu dōu shì èr )。
There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).