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left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *左* | 左* | *左
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *左* | 左* | *左
surname Zuo
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
HSK 7-9
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
left-wing (political)
lower left
left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
left hand; left-hand side
(idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
left-hander
left-leaning / progressive
to be in straitened circumstances
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)
levofloxacin (broad-spectrum antibacterial agent)
in one ear and out the other
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930 / abbr. for 中國左翼作家聯盟|中国左翼作家联盟
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor
left rudder
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
left-hand side
to turn left
upper left
ambidextrous
to follow a winding path
Chongzuo, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
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
Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
left forward (soccer position)
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
to left justify (typography)
Left Bank (in Paris)
Zuo Zhuan 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
(political) left / left wing / leftist
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
port (side of a ship)
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
left arrow key (on keyboard)
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
left side
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
to turn left
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
to be assured of success (idiom)
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
revolver
to fail to meet each other / to conflict with each other / to be at odds with
nearby
left-to-right
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
neighbor
"top of character" component in Chinese characters
(Marxist jargon) left opportunism; ultra-left deviation ignoring objective conditions and pushing for radical goals prematurely
the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
left side
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
naive, self-righteous Western liberals (neologism c. 2015)
off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning
left-pointing arrow
New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
anyhow / in any event / just / only
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
flounder
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
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
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
erhua variant of 左邊|左边


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