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左

zuǒ

left; east; unorthodox, improper

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Example sentences

  • 他左右看了看。

    Tā zuǒ yòu kàn le kàn

    He looked left and right.

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  • 左看右看

    Zuǒ kàn yòu kàn

    Look to your left, look to your right.

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  • 向左转。

    Xiàng zuǒ zhuǎn

    Turn to the left.

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  • 她用左手写字。

    Tā yòng zuǒ shǒu xiě zì

    She writes with her left hand.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 左

  • 左zuǒ 3left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐
  • 左边zuǒ bian 3–5left; the left side; to the left of
  • 左右zuǒ yòu 3–4 left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
  • 左顾右盼zuǒ gù yòu pàn 3–4–4–4glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around