héng tǎng shù wò

Traditional: 橫躺豎臥

横躺竖卧 (héng tǎng shù wò) is a Chinese word meaning “to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray”.

Meanings

  1. 1to lie down all over the place
  2. 2exhausted and in disarray

Characters in 横躺竖卧

横héng · horizontal躺tǎng · to recline竖shù · to erect卧wò · to lie

Related words

躺to recline卧室bedroom卧底to hide (as an undercover agent)横horizontal横harsh and unreasonable竖to erect竖variant of 豎|竖[shu4]才华横溢brimming over with talent (esp. literary)卧to lie俯卧撑push-up; press-up (exercise)卧倒to lie down竖起to erect (a tent etc)

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