左 zuǒ — left; left side
左
Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #214
zuǒ zuo3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。甲骨文字形,象手的象形。本义:辅佐,从旁帮助。后作“佐”)
- assist
- banish from the court e.g 左除 · 左降 · 左退 · 左宦 · 左授 · 左转 · 左黜 · 左迁 · 左官
- regard sb. as an outsider
noun
- left e.g 左书 · 左癖
- left e.g 左侍下 · 左势下 · 左符 · 左驸 · 左骖
- east e.g 山左 · 江左 · 左畔 · 左序 · 左海
- side e.g 左邻
- add supplement on the left side in ancient texts
- proof e.g 左验
- driver
- 姓
adjective
- left-leaning;progressive;inclined towards the revolution e.g 左联 · 思想极左 · 凡有人群的地方都有左、中、右
- queer;odd e.g 左脾气 左性
- wrong e.g 你想左了 · 左建外易 · 左计 · 左错
- different e.g 意见相左
- remote
- biased e.g 左道 · 左道术
adverb
- towards the left e.g 左回 · 左射 · 左衽 · 左转 · 左顾
Related words
- 左右 left and right; approximately; to control
- 左边 left side; the left
- 左翼 left wing; left wing of an army
- 左侧 left side
- 左派 the left; left wing; leftist
- 左邻右舍 neighbors; close neighbors
- 极左 ultra-left; radical leftist
- 左右为难 in a dilemma; caught between two stools
- 左顾右盼 to glance left and right; to look around
- 左面 the left side
- 左思右想 to turn over in one's mind; to think long and hard
- 相左 to conflict; to fail to meet; at odds
- 左倾 left-leaning; leftist deviation
- 左右逢源 to be able to draw on resources wherever one turns; (of skill/social skill) to r
- 左右开弓 to use both hands alternately; to shoot or do two things at once
- 左右手 left and right hands/fig. collaboration
- 左首 the left-hand side
- 左撇子 left-handed
- 左膀右臂 right-hand man; capable assistant
- 旁门左道 heresy; unorthodox ways; dubious tricks