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HSK 1 - Easy
5 strokes
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左

zuǒ

Definition

left
the Left (politics)
east
(can also mean) unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany

lazy

Cantonese particle equivalent to 了 or 过

Related words (40)

upper left

lower left

left side

left-leaning; progressive

a sure thing; a certainty; copy of a contract held by a creditor

left and right; more or less; approximately; about; or so; attendant; to control; to influence

left hand; left-hand side

(political) left; left wing; leftist

left-wing (political)

left rudder

port (side of a ship)

to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

to turn left; left turn

(the) left; (the) left side; to the left of; left-hand

near by

left side

left-hand side

anyhow; in any event; just; only

zuǒ qián wèi

left forward (soccer position)

zuǒ yòu shǒu

left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man

to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

off-key singing voice; sb who sings off-key

"top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters

to left justify (typography)

left-handed

zuǒ jiàn tóu

left-pointing arrow

left-to-right

zuǒ yòu gòng lì

ambidextrous

zuǒ yòu gōu quán

left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two

zuǒ zhī yòu chù

to be in straitened circumstances

zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn

left arrow key (on keyboard)

zuǒ lún shǒu qiāng

revolver

zuǒ lín yòu shè

neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work

zuǒ lín yòu lǐ

see 左邻右舍

左倾机会主义

zuǒ qīng jī huì zhǔ yì

leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927); left adventurism; cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵义会议

to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with

neighbor

xiàng zuǒ guǎi

to turn left

nìng zuǒ wù yòu

(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

nán zuǒ nǚ yòu

the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)

Idioms (10)

zuǒ quàn zài wò

to be assured of success (idiom)

zuǒ yòu liǎng nán

dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)

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)

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

zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng

to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder

zuǒ dào huò zhòng

to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)

zuǒ gù yòu pàn

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

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)

王顾左右而言他

wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā

the king looked left and right and then talked of other things; to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

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