左右 zuǒyòu

1. zuǒyòu adjective approximately
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 8)
2. zuǒyòu phrase the left and right
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 左方与右方 (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 1)
3. zuǒyòu adjective nearby
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 附近 (Guoyu '左右' 2)
4. zuǒyòu noun attendants; retainers and officials
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侍者 (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 3)
5. zuǒyòu noun a respectful term of address in letters
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '左右' 4)
6. zuǒyòu verb to help
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 帮助 (Guoyu '左右' 5)
7. zuǒyòu verb to control
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 控制 (Guoyu '左右' 6)
8. zuǒyòu verb to be in two minds about
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 有二心 (Guoyu '左右' 7)
9. zuǒyòu adverb in any event
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反正 (Guoyu '左右' 8)

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• 左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
• 左右摇摆(左右搖擺) vacillate to the left and the right
• 前后左右(前後左右) in front, behind, left and right; all around
• 左右勾拳 left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two
• 左右共利 ambidextrous
• 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
• 左右前后(左右前後) left, right, in front, and behind; all around
• 左右长御(左右長御) left and right head attendants
• 不为左右袒(不為左右袒) to remain neutral in a quarrel
• 左右两难(左右兩難) dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea
• 左右手 left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
• 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
• 左右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
• 左右点(左右點) left and right dots

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• 卷四十九上　　　志第三十九上　百官四上 Volume 49a Treatises 44: Official Posts 4a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 219
• 卷二十三上　　　志第十三上　　儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 152
• 卷一百四十三 志第九十六 儀衞一 Volume 143 Treatises 96: Ceremonial Guards 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 149
• 卷28　志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 144
• 卷一百四十五 志第九十八 儀衞三 Volume 145 Treatises 98: Ceremonial Guards 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 114
• 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 105
• 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 102
• 卷一百四十六 志第九十九 儀衞四 Volume 146 Treatises 99: Ceremonial Guards 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 99
• 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: 94
• 卷二十三下　　　志第十三下　　儀衛下 Volume 23b Treatises 14: Ceremonies 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 83

Collocations

• 左右曰 (左右曰) 左右曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 命左右 (命左右) 乃命左右六人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓（伪） Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 6
• 左右钧 (左右鈞) 鈞則曰左右鈞 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 5
• 左右卒 (左右卒) 左右卒投 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 5
• 以为左右 (以為左右) 分天下以為左右 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 左右抚 (左右撫) 左右撫矢而乘之 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 3
• 在左右 (在左右) 卜筮瞽侑皆在左右 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 3
• 辟左右 (辟左右) 且辟左右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 克左右 (剋左右) 惟尹躬克左右厥辟 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 3
• 帝左右 (帝左右) 在帝左右 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 3