左 zuǒ

left; east; unorthodox, improper

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DEFINITIONS

  • left
  • east
  • unorthodox, improper
  • surname Zuo
  • left
  • the Left (politics)
  • east
  • unorthodox
  • queer
  • wrong
  • differing
  • opposite
  • variant of 佐[zuo3]

STROKES

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WORDS

左边 zuǒ bian
HSK 2
left; the left side; to the left of
左右 zuǒ yòu
HSK 4
left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side
左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-handed
左侧 zuǒ cè left side
左轮手枪 zuǒ lún shǒu qiāng revolver
左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political)
左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
左面 zuǒ miàn left side
相左 xiāng zuǒ to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
左派 zuǒ pài (political) left; left wing; leftist
左上 zuǒ shàng upper left
左倾 zuǒ qīng left-leaning; progressive
左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom); fig. to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession; to use both feet equally (football)
左岸 zuǒ àn Left Bank (in Paris)
左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way; to benefit from both sides
左宗棠 zuǒ zōng táng Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
左邻右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work
左传 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
左思 zuǒ sī Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
不为左右袒 bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
不為左右袒 bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
中国左翼作家联盟 zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
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