前仰後合

前仰后合
qiányǎnghòuhé
  1. to sway to and fro
  2. to rock back and forth

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
2 仰 yǎng
  1. to face upward
  2. to look up
  3. to admire
  4. to rely on
3 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=4 合 hé
  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 hé
=4 合 hé variant of 合 hé