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HSK
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
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left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence
HSK 3
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
HSK 7-9
left side
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 turn left
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
left-hander
left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man
(political) left / left wing / leftist
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
left-leaning / progressive
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
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surname Zuo
left hand; left-hand side
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
left-hand side
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
anyhow / in any event / just / only
New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
trusted assistant; key aide
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
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)
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
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区, Tibet
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
to be in straitened circumstances
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
left rudder
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
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
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning
Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区, Tibet
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
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
to fail to meet each other / to conflict with each other / to be at odds with
left-wing (political)
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder
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
neighbor
nearby
left side
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
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
revolver
off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key
to be assured of success (idiom)
port (side of a ship)
to turn left
lower left
upper left
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
Left Bank (in Paris)
Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
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)
leftist opportunism
left forward (soccer position)
flounder
ambidextrous
left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
"top of character" component in Chinese characters
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
to left justify (typography)
to follow a winding path
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
left-pointing arrow
left arrow key (on keyboard)
in one ear and out the other
left-to-right
to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
erhua variant of 左邊|左边
Tsochen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
naive, self-righteous Western liberals (neologism c. 2015)
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
former Ergun Left banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia


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