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

• 左对齐(左對齊) to left justify (typography)
• 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
• 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
• 左箭头(左箭頭) left-pointing arrow
• 左道惑众(左道惑眾) to delude the masses with heretical doctrines
• 左宗棠 Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
• 左侧(左側) left side
• 左舷 port (side of a ship)
• 左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
• 旁门左道(旁門左道) heterodoxy
• 左道性力派 Vāmācāra Śākta
• 左丞 left chancellor
• 左耳入，右耳出 in one ear and out the other
• 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
• 左骖殪(左驂殪) the left-hand trace-horse is dead
• 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
• 左券 a sure thing; a certainty; copy of a contract held by a creditor
• 左派 left wing; leftist
• 左下 lower left
• 左宗棠鸡(左宗棠雞) General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
• 左邻右舍(左鄰右舍) neighbors; next door neighbors
• 左上 upper left
• 左首 left-hand side
• 左方 left side
• 左轮手枪(左輪手槍) revolver
• 左右手 left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
• 向左拐 to turn left
• 被发左衽(被髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 不为左右袒(不為左右袒) to remain neutral in a quarrel
• 左近 near by
• 相左 to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
• 左翼 left wing; left-wing politics
• 左边儿(左邊兒) left side
• 左耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 170

Also contained in

春秋左氏传 、 左氏春秋 、 左曹卫 、 科尔沁左翼中 、 左氏 、 左云 、 左拉 、 江左 、 左岸 、 左阑陀罗国 、 左联 、 左军 、 左贡 、 左倾机会主义 、 巴林左旗 、 左权县

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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
• 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
• 左拒 (左拒) 鄭子元請為左拒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — 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
• 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