Chinese Notes

左右 zuǒyòu

zuǒyòu adjective approximately
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 8)
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)
zuǒyòu adjective nearby
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 附近 (Guoyu '左右' 2)
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)
zuǒyòu noun a respectful term of address in letters
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '左右' 4)
zuǒyòu verb to help
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 帮助 (Guoyu '左右' 5)
zuǒyòu verb to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 控制 (Guoyu '左右' 6)
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)
zuǒyòu adverb in any event
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 反正 (Guoyu '左右' 8)

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

Truncated for common words