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

• 左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
• 男左女右 the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
• 左边(左邊) left
• 左轮手枪(左輪手槍) revolver
• 左右摇摆(左右搖擺) vacillate to the left and the right
• 左宗棠鸡(左宗棠雞) General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
• 前后左右(前後左右) in front, behind, left and right; all around
• 披发左衽(披髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 左弧竖(左弧豎) left vertical stroke
• 左面 left
• 左侧(左側) left side
• 左舷 port (side of a ship)
• 左对齐(左對齊) to left justify (typography)
• 左右勾拳 left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two
• 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
• 左宗棠 Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
• 相左 to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
• 左右共利 ambidextrous
• 左箭头键(左箭頭鍵) left arrow key (on keyboard)
• 左袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
• 左下 lower left
• 被发左衽(被髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 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
• 左尖横(左尖橫) left sharp pointed stroke
• 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
• 左箭头(左箭頭) left-pointing arrow
• 向左拐 to turn left
• 左券在握 to be assured of success
• 左嗓子 off-key singing voice; somebody who sings off-key

Also contained in

左将 、 苏尼特左旗 、 左将军 、 左氏春秋 、 左拉 、 阿拉善左旗 、 左营 、 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 、 土默特左旗 、 左云县 、 左史 、 左贡 、 左徒 、 左思 、 左曹卫 、 左营区 、 科尔沁左翼后 、 左云 、 新巴尔虎左旗 、 左庶长 、 左镇乡 、 左岸

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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
• 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
• 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
• 左公子 (左公子) 屬壽于左公子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3