- noun, four-character idiom alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)
- four-character idiom (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
合従連衡
がっしょうれんこう
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against…
Meanings
Its kanji
- 合 ゴウ、ガッ、カッ · あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-、-あ.い、-あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、-あ.わせる fit, suit, join, 0.1
- 従 ジュウ、ショウ、ジュ · したが.う、したが.える、より accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
- 連 レン · つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
- 衡 コウ equilibrium, measuring rod, scale