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Meaning of 左

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Pinyin: zuǒ
English Definition: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of
Chinese Definition:
①面向南时,东的一边,与“右”相对:左手。左方。左右。左膀右臂。
②地理上指东方:山左。江左。
③指政治思想上进步或超过现实条件许可的过头思想和行动:左派。左翼。左倾。
④斜,偏,差错:左脾气。左嗓子。
⑤降低官职:左迁。
⑥古同“佐”,佐证。
⑦姓氏。
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Total strokes: 5; Radical:
Pictographic: A left hand; compare
Character Formation:
  • Surround from upper left
    • [ gōng ] labor, work; laborer, worker
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Example Words
左右 zuǒ yòu left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
左翼 zuǒ left-wing (political)
左侧 zuǒ left side
左派 zuǒ pài (political) left; left wing; leftist
左邻右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work
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Example Sentences
1
Just turn left at the Friendship Store over there.
2
45
I didn't play with John when he was a left-winger, but I did have 45 minutes alongside him in the centre of midfield.
3
The only problem is that I am a horrible singer!
4
It was in the left lane (I was in the right) and it flew past me.
5
轿
He pulled back into the left lane, directly in front of the big silver sedan.