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纵
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1. 放: To release; let go.
Example: 纵虎归山 (Release the tiger back to the mountain).
2. 放任;不拘束: To indulge; be unrestrained.
Example: 放纵 (Indulge in);放目四望 (Look around freely);放情 (Let emotions flow);放观全局 (Observe the overall situation).
3. 身体猛然向前或向上: To leap forward or upward.
Example: 纵身 (Jump).
4. 即使: Even though; even if.
Example: 纵然 (Even though);纵使 (Even if);纵令 (Even if).
5. 竖,直,南北的方向,与“横”相对: Vertically; north-south direction, as opposed to横 (horizontal).
Example: 纵横交错 (Intertwined both vertically and horizontally);纵横捭阖 (Employing strategies in politics and diplomacy for unification or division);纵贯 (To run through vertically);纵深 (Depth).
6. 起皱纹: To wrinkle.
Example: 纵花 (Flowers made from wrinkled paper);这张纸都纵了 (This paper is all wrinkled).
7. 指连队编制上的“纵队”: Referring to the "longitudinal unit" in military formation.
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纵 zòng
1. 急遽的样子: Sudden appearance or hastiness.
Example: 丧事欲其~~尔 (The funeral should be done hastily).
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为姬姓: A surname of "Ji".
名词 直的线、面,南北称为「纵」: A straight line or surface, referred to as "longitudinal" when aligned with the north-south direction; same as 从.
Example from《楚辞.东方朔.七谏.沉江》: 不开寤而难道兮,不别横之与纵 (It’s difficult to distinguish between vertical and horizontal lines when awakened).
名词 足迹、形影: Footprints or forms, similar to "踪".
Example from 唐·李白〈估客行〉: 譬如云中鸟,一去无纵迹 (Like a bird in the clouds, leaving no trace behind).
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参见「纵纵」、「纵臾」等条: See also related entries such as 纵纵, 纵臾, etc.
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)
lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
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