左 zuǒ
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zuǒ
noun
left
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As a direction, the opposite of right (Guoyu '左' n 1; Unihan '左') -
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') -
zuǒ
noun
east
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 东方 (Guoyu '左' n 2; Unihan '左') -
zuǒ
verb
to bring
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 辅佐 (Guoyu '左' v 1) -
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) -
zuǒ
proper noun
Zuo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '左' n 3) -
zuǒ
verb
extreme
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 左派 'leftwing' (Guoyu '左' adj 2)
Contained in
- 巴林左 Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu
- 左箭头键(左箭頭鍵) left arrow key (on keyboard)
- 中国左翼作家联盟(中國左翼作家聯盟) the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
- 左右手 left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
- 左右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
- 左支右绌(左支右絀) to be in straitened circumstances
- 左袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
- 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
- 向左拐 to turn left
- 左不过(左不過) anyhow; in any event; just; only
- 左右前后(左右前後) left, right, in front, and behind; all around
- 左舷 port (side of a ship)
- 前后左右(前後左右) in front, behind, left and right; all around
- 左转(左轉) to turn left
- 左前卫(左前衛) left forward (soccer position)
- 王顾左右而言他(王顧左右而言他) the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
- 左弧竖(左弧豎) left vertical stroke
- 左舵 left rudder
- 左提右挈 the left lifts, the right helps; mutual help
- 左丞 left chancellor
- 左下点(左下點) lower left dot stroke
- 左道性力派 Vāmācāra Śākta
- 左派 left wing; leftist
- 左顾右盼(左顧右盼) looking to the left and glancing to the right; to look all around
- 相左 to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
- 左轮手枪(左輪手槍) revolver
- 左耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 170
- 左手 left hand ; left side
- 左券在握 to be assured of success
Also contained in
左丘明 、 阿拉善左旗 、 春秋左氏传 、 左权 、 左岸 、 科尔沁左翼后 、 左京区 、 左云县 、 左思 、 左氏春秋 、 科尔沁左翼中 、 左军 、 左徒 、 左联 、 崇左 、 左将军 、 左将 、 科尔沁左翼中旗 、 左镇 、 左倾机会主义 、 左贡 、 左史
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷六十一 表第一 宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 70
- 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — 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
- 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
- 左毂 (左轂) 則升其乘車之左轂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 3
- 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
- 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