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

• 左翼 left wing; left-wing politics
• 左边(左邊) left
• 左厥 left combined horizontal and vertical hook stroke
• 白左 naive, self-righteous Western liberals
• 左支右绌(左支右絀) to be in straitened circumstances
• 左方 left side
• 左骖殪(左驂殪) the left-hand trace-horse is dead
• 左宗棠鸡(左宗棠雞) General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
• 左手 left hand ; left side
• 左箭头(左箭頭) left-pointing arrow
• 左右共利 ambidextrous
• 前后左右(前後左右) in front, behind, left and right; all around
• 左边儿(左邊兒) left side
• 左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
• 左右点(左右點) left and right dots
• 左顾右盼(左顧右盼) looking to the left and glancing to the right; to look all around
• 左对齐(左對齊) to left justify (typography)
• 左近 near by
• 左至右 left-to-right
• 左右 approximately ; the left and right ; nearby ; attendants; retainers and officials ; a respectful term of address in letters ; to help ; to control ; to be in two minds about ; in any event
• 左道惑众(左道惑眾) to delude the masses with heretical doctrines
• 旁门左道(旁門左道) heterodoxy
• 左转(左轉) to turn left
• 左撇子 left-handed
• 证左(證左) a witness
• 左右勾拳 left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two
• 左右前后(左右前後) left, right, in front, and behind; all around
• 被发左衽(被髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 左上点(左上點) upper left dot stroke
• 左丞 left chancellor
• 左右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
• 左邻右舍(左鄰右舍) neighbors; next door neighbors
• 左倾(左傾) left-leaning; progressive
• 左轮手枪(左輪手槍) revolver
• 左派 left wing; leftist
• 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
• 巴林左 Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu
• 相左 to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with

Also contained in

科尔沁左翼后旗 、 苏尼特左旗 、 阿拉善左旗 、 土默特左旗 、 科尔沁左翼后 、 左思 、 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 、 左云 、 崇左市 、 左云县 、 左军 、 左权 、 左丘明

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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
• 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 70
• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 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
• 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
• 左骖 (左驂) 釋左驂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — 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
• 门左 (門左) 帷諸門左 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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