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Meaning of 左

Pinyin zuǒ

Radical

工

Strokes

Definition

left

Usage

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左 [zuǒ] 动 1. 辅佐，从旁帮助。后作“佐”。 (Assist; originally means to help from the side.) 引 1. 《说文》：左，手相左助也。俗字作“佐”。 (From "Shuowen": Left means to assist with the hand. The common character is "佐".) 2. 《易·象上传》：以左右民。 (From "I Ching": To assist and manage the people.) 2. 贬谪，从朝廷下放到地方为官。 (Banish from the court; to be assigned to a local position away from the central authority.) 3. 见外，把某人当外人看待。 (Regard someone as an outsider.) 名 1. 左手。 (Left hand.) 2. 方位名。与“右”相对。 (A direction name, opposite of "right".) 3. 地理上常以东为左。 (In geography, often the east is considered the left.) 4. 后多泛指旁边。 (Often refers to the side in a general sense.) 5. 在直书而左行的文字中，特指右后。 (In vertically written text, specifically refers to the right back location.) 6. 证据;证人。 (Evidence; witness.) 7. 御者，赶车的人。 (Driver; the person driving a vehicle.) 8. 姓。 (Surname.) 形 1. 指进步、革命的派别或思潮。 (Referring to left-leaning or progressive political factions or ideologies.) 2. 与众不同，异于常规。 (Different; odd.) 3. 错误，荒谬。 (Wrong; absurd.) 4. 部分或全部不同。 (Partially or completely different.) 5. 偏僻，离中心城市很远。 (Remote; far from the central city.) 6. 不正，偏邪。 (Biased; improper.) 副 1. 向左。 (Towards the left.)

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