We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「合從連衡」, with its usage explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「合從連衡」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Cong: means vertical; Heng: means horizontal. Refers to uniting to fight the enemy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hé cóng lián héng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hap6 chung4 lin4 hang4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.

