纵横家

zòng héng jiā

คำจำกัดความ

1. 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]

คำย่อยของ 纵横家

• 横 héng: horizontal
• 横 hèng: harsh and unreasonable
• 纵横 zòng héng: lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
• 纵 zòng: warp (the vertical threads in weaving)
• 家 jiā: home