左思右想 Chinese English dictionary 左思右想 translate 左思右想 pinyin

左思右想

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
左思右想 zuǒsīyòuxiǎng	左思右想 \| 左思右想* \| *左思右想	to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
左	左 \| 左* \| *左	5画工 + 2	zuǒ	left; east; unorthodox, improper	zo2	4001.1 KM


思	思 \| 思* \| *思	9画心忄 + 5	sī, sì, sāi	think, consider, ponder; final particle	si1	6033.0 WP


右	右 \| 右* \| *右	5画口 + 2	yòu	right; west; right-wing	jau6	4060.0 KR


想	想 \| 想* \| *想	13画心忄 + 9	xiǎng	think, speculate, plan, consider	soeng2	4633.0 DUP

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Simplified		English Definition
左思右想 zuǒsīyòuxiǎng	左思右想 \| 左思右想* \| *左思右想	to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder


左 Zuǒ	左 \| 左* \| *左	surname Zuo


左 zuǒ	左 \| 左* \| *左	left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐


左思 Zuǒ Sī	左思 \| 左思* \| *左思	Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet


思　sī	思 \| 思* \| *思	to think / to consider


右　　yòu	右 \| 右* \| *右	(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


想　　　xiǎng	想 \| 想* \| *想	to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)