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Definitions
- 1. horizontal
- 2. across
- 3. crosswise
- 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
- 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
- 6. to cross (a river, etc)
- 7. in a jumble
- 8. chaotic
- 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
- 10. violent
Words Containing 横
bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
anyway
Heng county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
⺄ stroke in Chinese characters
transverse commissure
violently
to oppress
to cross (a road, an ocean etc)
Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
to explain sth over and over again
in disorder
to span
to overflow
to scowl and stare down
to make easy money
rude and unreasonable
to traverse
side street
to walk sideways
tears and mucus flowing profusely
imperious
crosswalk
easy money
transverse colon (anatomy)
unexpected calamity
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
arrogant
see 蠻橫|蛮横[mán hèng]
Hengfeng county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
transverse object
to lie flat
to concentrate one's eyebrows
Hengshan County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
to go on the rampage
to overflow
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to turn cartwheels
flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage
to be full of wit and humor
pubic bone
to lie in disarray
rolling motion (of a boat)
proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
striated muscle
horizontal
Yokohama, major port city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[shén nài chuān xiàn], Japan
corpses strew the field
lintel
to criss-cross
in disorder
slogan banner
horizontal scroll
diaphragm (anatomy)
to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing
surly and unreasoning
Yokohama, Japan
horizontal beam
total annihilation
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
row
(bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama)
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
horizontal scroll (for inscription)
horizontal section
to cut across
boom sail
to cross (a body of water)
bar
military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han
to grow without restraint
crossword
pedestrian crossing
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
criss-crossed (idiom)
diaphragm
brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
lintel
(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
diaphragm (anatomy)
transverse wave
to butt in
Hengduan mountains dividing Sichuan from Tibet
Hengshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
(bird species of China) barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[sū qín] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[zhàng yí]
(colloquial) whatever
endlessly interesting (idiom)
transverse vibration
to cross
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
filling the atmosphere
to die by violence
tears and mucus flowing profusely
brutal
horizontal setting (printing)
horizontal traverse
oblique
banner
to sweep away
fierce-looking
cartwheel
probably
cross-section
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
to splash across
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
yokozuna
to steel oneself
to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
side issues keep arising (idiom)
Hengfeng county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
horizontal line
(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
horizontal section
to cut across
to blame unscrupulously
rude and unreasonable
coarse and arrogant
crosswise pattern
sidestep (in dance)
to recline
side street
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)
horizontal coordinate
from the side of the eye
beam
to lie down all over the place
Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
horizontal stripe
transversal line
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
(idiom) spiced with wit
to cross
to scowl fiercely