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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "左"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 左

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "左"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 左

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Pinyin zuǒ

Radical

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Strokes

Definition

left

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左右分 zuǒ yòu fēn

Left and right

左右两座 zuǒ yòu liǎng zuò

Two seats

左右门 zuǒ yòu mén

Left and right doors

万左右 wàn zuǒ yòu

Around ten thousand

喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 Kā lǎ qìn Zuǒ yì Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn

Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning

左岸 Zuǒ àn

Left Bank (in Paris)

左手 zuǒ shǒu

left hand / left-hand side

左边 zuǒ bian

left / the left side / to the left of

左臂 zuǒ bì

left arm

左腿 zuǒ tuǐ

left leg

左派 zuǒ pài

(political) left / left wing / leftist

左脚 zuǒ jiǎo

left foot / left leg / left crus

左首 zuǒ shǒu

left-hand side

左眼 zuǒ yǎn

left eye / oculus sinister

极左 jí zuǒ

ultra-Left

左路 zuǒ lù

Left

左权 Zuǒ quán

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

左近 zuǒ jìn

near by

左宗棠 Zuǒ Zōng táng

Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader

旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào

dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group

左右 zuǒ yòu

left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence

左撇子 zuǒ piě zi

left-handed

左侧 zuǒ cè

left side

左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn

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

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)

左支右绌 zuǒ zhī yòu chù

to be in straitened circumstances

左膀右臂 zuǒ bǎng yòu bì

a capable assistant / right-hand man

左膀 zuǒ bǎng

Left hand

左舷 zuǒ xián

port (side of a ship)

左躲右闪 zuǒ duǒ yòu shǎn

Dodge left and right

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

左邻右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè

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

How to write 左

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Free Printable 左 Handwriting Practice Worksheets

Meaning of 左

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