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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.vertical; longitudinal; lengthwise; from north to south
请排成纵队。
Please line up in columns.
纵贯
pass through from north to south
纵横
vertical and horizontal
antonym
- 2
adj.(in space) from the front to the rear
纵长
lengthwise
纵深
in depth
antonym
- 3
conj.fmleven though; even if
纵有极大的本事在这里也难以施展。
One will become a lame duck here even if he has been proved to be the most competent somewhere else.
纵有千难万险，也挡不住勇敢的探险人。
Even though there are myriad hardships and hazards, they can't stop the dauntless explorers.
- 4
v.release; set free; let go
纵释
release
纵囚
free prisoners
纵虎回山
release the tiger and let it return to the mountains
- 5
v.jump; leap
他向前一纵。
He leaped forward.
- 6
v.indulge; give oneself up to; let oneself go
放纵
indulge
娇纵
pamper
纵马
give the horse a free rein
- 7
v.dialcreased; crumpled
纵褶
creased
Words and phrases with 纵
- 纵身[word]jump
- 纵火犯[word]arsonist
- 纵横制[word]crossbar system
- 纵轴[word]vertical axis
- 纵火[word]commit arson
- 纵步[word]stride; jump
- 纵距[word]longitudinal distance
- 纵射[word]enfilade
- 纵容[word]connive
- 纵横捭阖[idiom]manoeuvre among various states or political groupings
- 纵虎入室[idiom]let a tiger loose in one's household
- 纵横驰骋[idiom]move about freely and quickly
- 纵虎归山[idiom]cause calamity for the future
- 纵横交错[idiom]crisscross
- 纵情欢乐[idiom]be on the loose or on the spree
- 纵横天下[idiom]overrun the whole world and go anywhere as one pleases
- 纵横四海[idiom]overrun the four seas
- 纵风止燎[idiom]aggravate a complicated situation
Chinese Characters with pinyin zòng
- 粽pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves