左 zuǒ

1. zuǒ noun left
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a direction, the opposite of right (Guoyu '左' n 1; Unihan '左')
2. zuǒ adjective unorthodox; improper
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不正当的 (Guoyu '左' adj 3; Unihan '左')
3. zuǒ noun east
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 东方 (Guoyu '左' n 2; Unihan '左')
4. zuǒ verb to bring
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 辅佐 (Guoyu '左' v 1)
5. zuǒ verb to violate; to be contrary to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 违背 (Guoyu '左' v 1)
6. zuǒ proper noun Zuo
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '左' n 3)
7. zuǒ verb extreme
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 左派 'leftwing' (Guoyu '左' adj 2)

Contained in

• 左骖殪(左驂殪) the left-hand trace-horse is dead
• 左派 left wing; leftist
• 左券 a sure thing; a certainty; copy of a contract held by a creditor
• 向左拐 to turn left
• 左右共利 ambidextrous
• 左手 left hand ; left side
• 左方 left side
• 左纛 a large banner decorated with a yak's tail or feathers
• 左下点(左下點) lower left dot stroke
• 被发左衽(被髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 左券在握 to be assured of success
• 左舷 port (side of a ship)
• 左近 near by
• 左右长御(左右長御) left and right head attendants
• 左挈右提 the left helps the right lift; mutual help
• 左右勾拳 left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two
• 左至右 left-to-right
• 左耳旁 left ear radical; name of variant of Kangxi radical 163
• 证左(證左) a witness
• 左对齐(左對齊) to left justify (typography)
• 左右开弓(左右開弓) to shoot from both sides; to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
• 左耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 170
• 左首 left-hand side
• 左顾右盼(左顧右盼) looking to the left and glancing to the right; to look all around
• 左上 upper left
• 邻左(鄰左) neighbor
• 左右两难(左右兩難) dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea
• 披发左衽(披髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 左耳入，右耳出 in one ear and out the other
• 左尖横(左尖橫) left sharp pointed stroke
• 左不过(左不過) anyhow; in any event; just; only
• 左面 left

Also contained in

左氏传 、 左氏春秋 、 左拉 、 左营区 、 科尔沁左翼后旗 、 左思 、 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 、 左营 、 左权 、 新巴尔虎左旗 、 左云 、 科尔沁左翼后 、 左丘明 、 左贡县 、 左贡 、 左庶长 、 左岸 、 左史 、 左镇乡

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• 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 126
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 100
• 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 92
• 卷一百六十八 志第一百二十一 職官八 Volume 168 Treatises 121: Offical Posts 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 89
• 卷七十三 志第四十九 職官二 Volume 73 Treatises 49: Official Posts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 86
• 卷一百十一 表第十二 七卿年表一 Volume 111 Tables 12: Annals of the Seven Ministers 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 72
• 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 72
• 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 70
• 卷六十一　　　　表第一　　　宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 70

Collocations

• 左师 (左師) 使為左師以聽政 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 47
• 左司马 (左司馬) 為左司馬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 左执 (左執) 左執簧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧君子陽陽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Jun zi Yang Yang — count: 7
• 左肩 (左肩) 解其左肩 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 合左 (合左) 合左師之後 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 左尹 (左尹) 楚左尹子重侵宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 左射 (左射) 左射以菆 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 在左 (在左) 泉源在左 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧竹竿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Zhu Gan — count: 3
• 帅左 (帥左) 帥左師以退 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 楚左 (楚左) 楚左師潰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3