zung1 waang4 gaau1 co3縱橫交錯纵横交错
Jyutpingzung1 waang4 gaau1 co3
Yalejūng wàahng gāau cho
Definition
Crisscrossed or interlacing; tangled up vertically and horizontally.
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How it's used
This idiom is primarily used to describe physical networks like streets, pipes, or tangled branches. It carries a sense of complexity and density that makes it difficult to navigate or disentangle. While it can be used metaphorically for abstract concepts, it is most evocative when describing visual patterns.
Examples
The roads here are a criss-crossed mess, it is easy to get lost.
Related words
Common phrases
a criss-crossed network
criss-crossing roads
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
