zuǒ

left; surname Zuo; the Left (politics)

HSK 2 #782

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 782nd character
Radical ⼯ (48.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 214

Definitions

左 zuǒ
  1. 1. left
  2. 2. surname Zuo
  3. 3. the Left (politics)
  4. 4. unorthodox
  5. 5. opposite
  6. 6. differing
  7. 7. wrong
  8. 8. queer
  9. 9. east
  10. 10. variant of zuǒ

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Words containing 左

Word Meaning
the left side; left; to the left of
left and right; approximately; to influence
left hand; left-hand side
left-handed
left side
revolver
left-wing (political)
left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant
left side
to be at odds with; to conflict with each other
leftist; left wing; (political) left
upper left
left-leaning; progressive
fig. to display ambidexterity
Left Bank (in Paris)
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
to have everything going one's way
Zuo Zongtang, Qing general and statesman
neighbors; next-door neighbors
Zuo Zhuan, ancient book on Spring and Autumn
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
crooked ways; unorthodox methods or sects
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
League of Left-Wing Chinese Writers (1930s)
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