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left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
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  *左* | 左* | *左
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
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
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  *左* | 左* | *左
surname Zuo
left hand; left-hand side
left-leaning / progressive
left side
left-wing (political)
to turn left
left-hander
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
trusted assistant; key aide
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
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)
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
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
(political) left / left wing / leftist
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man
nearby
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
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
left rudder
left side
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
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
left-hand side
to take sides with / to be partial to / to be biased / to favor one side
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
to be in straitened circumstances
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
off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key
upper left
Left Bank (in Paris)
port (side of a ship)
to be assured of success (idiom)
lower left
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
revolver
left-to-right
Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
flounder
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist
left-pointing arrow
leftist opportunism
left forward (soccer position)
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
left arrow key (on keyboard)
in one ear and out the other
to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
erhua variant of 左邊|左边


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