Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 横


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Meaning

horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse

Pronunciation

héng, hèng

Explanation

Left: tree , right: yellow (Together the field [in fall] turn yellow.)

Mnemonic

(A cut or felled) tree turns yellow, when lying horizontally.

Radicals

tree
yellow(the official radical is: 黃)
together; common
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Vocabulary

横行 héng xíng to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck
横坐标 héng zuò biāo horizontal coordinate; abscissa
纵横 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal, criss-crossed
横躺竖卧 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
横竖 héng shu anyway
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横匾 héng biǎn horizontal tablet (for an inscription)

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