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(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
HSK 1
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence
HSK 3
right side / right, to the right
HSK 1
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
motto / maxim
HSK 7-9
the right flank / (politically) right-wing
right hand / right-hand side
(political) right / right wing / rightist
left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man
right side
right side
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
HSK 7-9
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
(idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
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)
lower right
rightist; rightist elements
in one ear and out the other
right rudder
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
right forward (soccer position)
right-hand side
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
right-hander
ambidextrous
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
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
Youjiang, a district of Baise City 百色市, Guangxi
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
neighbor
to turn right
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58)
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
upper right
to turn right
left-to-right
extreme right (politics)
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
to follow a winding path
starboard (of a ship)
the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
right-wing / reactionary / conservative / (PRC) rightist deviation
(idiom) matchless; without equal; there is nothing better
right arrow key (on keyboard)
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder
anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争
to be in straitened circumstances
New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
right-pointing arrow
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
extreme right-winger
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
right-hand side
Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
to right justify (typography)
Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
erhua variant of 右邊|右边


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