Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 左右 | 左右 | zuǒ yòu | zuo3 you4 | left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence | ||
| 2 | 不为左右袒 | 不為左右袒 | bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn | bu4 wei4 zuo3 you4 tan3 | to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom) | ||
| 3 | 前后左右 | 前後左右 | qián hòu zuǒ yòu | qian2 hou4 zuo3 you4 | on all sides; in every direction | ||
| 4 | 神驰左右 | 神馳左右 | shén chí zuǒ yòu | shen2 chi2 zuo3 you4 | My spirit is always with you. (idiom) | ||
| 5 | 王顾左右而言他 | 王顧左右而言他 | wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā | wang2 gu4 zuo3 you4 er2 yan2 ta1 | the king looked left and right and then talked of other things; to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom) | ||
| 6 | 左右逢源 | 左右逢源 | zuǒ yòu féng yuán | zuo3 you4 feng2 yuan2 | lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way; to benefit from both sides | ||
| 7 | 左右共利 | 左右共利 | zuǒ yòu gòng lì | zuo3 you4 gong4 li4 | ambidextrous | ||
| 8 | 左右勾拳 | 左右勾拳 | zuǒ yòu gōu quán | zuo3 you4 gou1 quan2 | left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two | ||
| 9 | 左右开弓 | 左右開弓 | zuǒ yòu kāi gōng | zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1 | lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom); fig. to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession; to use both feet equally (football) | ||
| 10 | 左右两难 | 左右兩難 | zuǒ yòu liǎng nán | zuo3 you4 liang3 nan2 | dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom) | ||
| 11 | 左右手 | 左右手 | zuǒ yòu shǒu | zuo3 you4 shou3 | left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man | ||
| 12 | 左右袒 | 左右袒 | zuǒ yòu tǎn | zuo3 you4 tan3 | to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side | ||
| 13 | 左右为难 | 左右為難 | zuǒ yòu wéi nán | zuo3 you4 wei2 nan2 | in a predicament; in a dilemma (idiom) |
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