| 合従 | [がっしょう, gasshou] (n, vs) (See 秦, 連衡, 六国) alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty) [Add to Longdo] |
| 合従連衡 | [がっしょうれんこう, gasshourenkou] (n) (See 合従, 連衡) alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient [Add to Longdo] |