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左
Mandarin: zuo3
Definitions
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the Left (politics)
  3. 3 east
  4. 4 unorthodox
  5. 5 queer
  6. 6 wrong
  7. 7 differing
  8. 8 opposite
  9. 9 variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
  10. 10 clumsy
  11. 11 awkward
  12. 12 queer
  13. 13 odd
  14. 14 bigoted
  15. 15 to be demoted
  16. 16 a surname
  17. 17 used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
  18. 18 used after an adjective to show a change in a state
  19. 19 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
左
[[left]] | jó tāhng yauh tāhng 左騰右騰 — [to jump left, jump right] ru
Words containing 左
額爾古納左旗
E'ergu'na zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
左近
nearby
土默特左旗
Tumote zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
左耳入右耳出
It goes in one ear and out the other. it means a person who pays no attention to
左騰右騰
rushing around [colloquial]
面左左
disgruntled; refuse to communicate (spoken)
阿支阿左
to whine
岩岩睇左
just saw it [colloquial]
左㕭
adj; left-handed
前後左右
Surroundings
左傳
Zuozhuan, Tsochuan (early history, named after historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明)
左右為難
to be in a dilemma; to be in a quandary
左行
head to your left; drive on the left
左腦
left cerebral hemisphere
左鄰右里
neighbours
新巴爾虎左旗
Xinba'erhu zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
科爾沁左翼中旗
Ke'erqin zuoyi zhongqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
左面
the left side
傳統左派人士
traditional leftists
左手邊
left hand side | Cant.: 左便; 左手便 | Syn.: 左邊; 左手; 左面
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