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
League of Left-Wing Writers in China
to turn left
Harqin Left Wing Mongol county, Liaoning
Harqin Left Wing Mongol county, Liaoning
Tumed Left Banner, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
better be too left than right (politics)
prefer leftist views over rightist ones
Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
lower left
only; just; in any event
only; just; in any event
Zuo Qiuming, ancient historian of Lu
left side
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on chūn qiū, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming zuǒ qiū míng
left-leaning; progressive
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
a sure thing; a certainty
to be assured of success (idiom)
left forward (soccer position)
left forward (soccer position)
flounder
flounder
dilemma; quandary