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HSK 2 - Easy
5 strokes
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右

yòu

Definition

right ( - hand)
the Right (politics)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

like; as if; as; if; to seem; to appear (to)

to assist; to protect

(of divinity) to bless; to protect

minced meat; pickled meat

to sting

Related words (38)

upper right

lower right

right side

right-deviation

right hand; right-hand side

right-hand side

(political) right; right wing; rightist

the right flank; (politically) right-wing

right rudder

starboard (of a ship)

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

to turn right; right turn

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

right-hand side

yòu qián wèi

right forward (soccer position)

to right justify (typography)

yòu jiàn tóu

right-pointing arrow

yòu pài fèn zǐ

rightist elements

yòu jiàn tóu jiàn

right arrow key (on keyboard)

anti-rightist; abbr. for 反右派斗争

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

neighbor

xiàng yòu guǎi

to turn right

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

left-to-right

zuò yòu míng

motto; maxim

extreme right (politics)

nìng zuǒ wù yòu

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

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 lín yòu shè

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

zuǒ lín yòu lǐ

see 左邻右舍

wú chū qí yòu

matchless; without equal; there is nothing better

jí yòu fèn zǐ

an extreme right-winger

nán zuǒ nǚ yòu

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

资产阶级右派

zī chǎn jiē jí yòu pài

bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58)

Idioms (7)

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 gù yòu pàn

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

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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