Cantonese Dictionary

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左手便
Mandarin: zuo3 shou3 bian4
on the left (spoken)
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左手嚟，右手去
Mandarin: zuo3 shou3 li2 , you4 shou3 qu4
Cantonese
using the money right away after earning it, no planning at all
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左手邊
left hand side | Cant.: 左便; 左手便 | Syn.: 左邊; 左手; 左面
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左搖右擺
Mandarin: zuo3 yao2 you4 bai3
Simplified: 左摇右摆
not stable; swaying
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左撇子
Mandarin: zuo3 pie3 zi5
[1] left-handed; left-hander; southpaw | 粵: 用左手(嘅); [俗] 左撓; 左㕭; 左𠰋 [2] gauche; clumsy [] Note: This term may be derogatory; for neutral language, better to use "用左手(的)"
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左撓
Mandarin: zuo3 nao2
Simplified: 左挠
Left handed
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左支右絀
Mandarin: zuo3 zhi1 you4 chu4
not have enough money to cover the expenses; be unable to cope with a situation; be in straitened circumstances
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左旁牛
Mandarin: zuo3 pang2 niu2
Kangxi radical 93 (牛) in its component form 牜
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左權
Mandarin: zuo3 quan2
Zuoquan (place in Shanxi)
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左派
left-wing (liberal)
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左營區
Mandarin: zuo3 ying2 qu1
Tsoying (area in Taiwan)
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左翼
left-wing
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左耳入右耳出
Mandarin: zuo3 er3 ru4 , you4 er3 chu1
It goes in one ear and out the other. it means a person who pays no attention to what is told to them
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左耳旁
Mandarin: zuo3 er3 pang2
Kangxi radical 170 (阜) in its component form 阝 (left side of characters)
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左腦
left cerebral hemisphere
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左行
Mandarin: zuo3 xing2
head to your left; drive on the left
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左證
Mandarin: zuo3 zheng4
Simplified: 左证
evidence; witness; to confirm
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左貢
Mandarin: zuo3 gong4
Zuogong (place in Tibet)
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左軚
Mandarin: zuo3 dai4
Left Hand Drive
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左軚車
Mandarin: zuo3 dai4 che1
Simplified: 左軚车
noun; left-steering car or vehicle
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左輔右弼
Mandarin: zuo3 fu3 you4 bi4
Simplified: 左辅右弼
to be useful assistants to an important person
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左輪
Mandarin: zuo3 lun2
Simplified: 左轮
noun; revolver (firearm)
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左輪手槍
Mandarin: zuo3 lun2 shou3 qiang1
revolver
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左轉
Mandarin: zuo3 zhuan3
left-hand rotation
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左近
nearby
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左近
Mandarin: zuo3 jin4
thereabouts (Cantonese)
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左遷
Mandarin: zuo3 qian1
Simplified: 左迁
to relocate to the left side; to lower one's job rank
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左邊
Mandarin: zuo3 bian1
Simplified: 左边
left side
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左邊界
part hair on the left
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左鄰右舍
Mandarin: zuo3 lin2 you4 she4
next door neighbours
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