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(zuǒ) surname Zuo

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(zuǒ) left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]

左上 (w)

(zuǒshàng) upper left

左下 (w)

(zuǒxià) lower left

左不过 (w)

(zuǒbuguò) anyhow; in any event; just; only

左丘明 (w)

(zuǒqiūmíng) Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed

左侧 (w)

(zuǒcè) left side

左传 (w)

(zuǒzhuàn) Zuozhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明

左倾 (w)

(zuǒqīng) left-leaning; progressive

左倾机会主义 (w)

(zuǒqīngjīhuìzhǔyì) leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927); left adventurism; cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]

左券 (w)

(zuǒquàn) a sure thing; a certainty; copy of a contract held by a creditor

左券在握 (w)

(zuǒquànzàiwò) to be assured of success (idiom)

左前卫 (w)

(zuǒqiánwèi) left forward (soccer position)

左右 (w)

(zuǒyòu) left and right; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence

左右两难 (w)

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

左右勾拳 (w)

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

左右手 (w)

(zuǒyòushǒu) left and right hands; fig. collaboration

左右袒 (w)

(zuǒyòutǎn) to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

左右逢源 (w)

(zuǒyòuféngyuán) 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

左字头 (w)

(zuǒzìtóu) "top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters

左岸 (w)

(zuǒàn) Left Bank (in Paris)

左思 (w)

(zuǒsī) Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet

左思右想 (w)

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

左手 (w)

(zuǒshǒu) left hand; left-hand side

左拉 (w)

(zuǒlā) Zola (name); Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist

左撇子 (w)

(zuǒpiězi) left-handed

左支右绌 (w)

(zuǒzhīyòuchù) to be in straitened circumstances

左权 (w)

(zuǒquán) Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

左权县 (w)

(zuǒquánxiàn) Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

左氏春秋 (w)

(zuǒshìchūnqiū) Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传

左派 (w)

(zuǒpài) (political) left; left wing; leftist

左营 (w)

(zuǒyíng) Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan

左营区 (w)

(zuǒyíngqū) Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan

左箭头 (w)

(zuǒjiàntóu) left-pointing arrow

左箭头键 (w)

(zuǒjiàntóujiàn) left arrow key (on keyboard)

左翼 (w)

(zuǒyì) left-wing (political)

左至右 (w)

(zuǒzhìyòu) left-to-right

左舵 (w)

(zuǒduò) left rudder

左舷 (w)

(zuǒxián) port (side of a ship)

左袒 (w)

(zuǒtǎn) to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

左贡 (w)

(zuǒgòng) Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet

左贡县 (w)

(zuǒgòngxiàn) Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet

左轮手枪 (w)

(zuǒlúnshǒuqiāng) revolver

左转 (w)

(zuǒzhuǎn) to turn left

左近 (w)

(zuǒjìn) near by

左道惑众 (w)

(zuǒdàohuòzhòng) to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)

左边 (w)

(zuǒbian) left; the left side; to the left of

左边儿 (w)

(zuǒbianr) erhua variant of 左邊|左边[zuo3 bian5]

左邻右舍 (w)

(zuǒlínyòushè) neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work

左邻右里 (w)

(zuǒlínyòulǐ) see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4]

左镇 (w)

(zuǒzhèn) Tsochen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

左镇乡 (w)

(zuǒzhènxiāng) Tsochen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

左云 (w)

(zuǒyún) Zuoyun county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

左云县 (w)

(zuǒyúnxiàn) Zuoyun county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

左面 (w)

(zuǒmiàn) left side

左顾右盼 (w)

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