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左思右想 turn over in one's mind;
左宜右有 talented and capable;
左右逢源 resourceful;
不為左右袒 refuse to take sides in a quarrel or fight, remain strictly neutral;
左右開弓 give s.o. a box on both ears, (Chin. boxing) hit with both hands, kick, with both feet;
左右兩（為）難 caught in a dilemma;
左鄰右舍 next-door neighbors;
左顧右盼 glancing left and right;
左支右吾 equivocate, prevaricate.
(2) To the east of person or thing facing south: 山左 Shantung Province, so-called because it lies to the east of Mt. Taiharng;
江左 region east of the Yangtze River.
(3) Unorthodox: 左道 [zuo3dao4]↓.
(4) Clumsy, awkward (cf. Fr. “gauche”).
(5) Wrong, contrary to: 你想左了 you are mistaken;
意見相左 cannot see eye to eye.
(6) Queer, odd, stubborn, bigoted: 左性子 [zuo3xing4zi0];
左見 [zuo3jian4]↓.
2.左不過 [zuo3bu0guo4], adv., anyway, anyhow, in any event.
3.左不是 [zuo3bu0shi4], adv., ditto.
4.左遷 [zuo3qian1], v.i., (of an official) be demoted, degraded.
5.左契 [zuo3qi4], n., [zuo3qUan4]↓.
6.左傾 [zuo3qing1], v. i., & adj., (be) inclined to the left, leftist: 左傾分子 the leftists.
7.左券 [zuo3qUan4], n., a bond, contract, agreement: 持（操）左券 be confident (of succeeding in an undertaking).
8.左道 [zuo3dao4], n., (1) heterodoxy, heresy; (2) sorcery, witchcraft: 旁門左道 black magic.
9.左方 [zuo3fang1], n., the left (-hand) side (of anything).
10.左顧 [zuo3gu4], v.i., (1) to look to the left; (2) condescend to call on s.o.
11.左證 [zuo3zheng4], n., evidence (of guilt, innocence), proof (of fact, good faith).
12.左見 [zuo3jian4], n., prejudice, bias.
13.左計 [zuo3ji4], n., an impractical plan (scheme).
14.左近 [zuo3jin4], adv., in the neighborhood (vicinity), not far away, nearby.
15.左轉 [zuo2zhuan3], v.i., turn to the left.
16.左傳 [zuo3zhuan4] (usu. wr. Tso Chuan), n., the famous commentary by Tsu Chiu Ming on The Spring and Autumn Annals.
17.左面 [zuo3mian4], n., the left (-hand) side, page (of an open book).
18.左派 [zuo3pai4], n., (1) the leftists; (2) the left wing (of party, group) (opp. 右派).
19.左撇捩 [zuo2pie3lie4], adj., lefthanded, as in writing, holding tennis racket or throwing balls.
20.左脾氣 [zuo3pi2qi0], n., (of a person) peculiar, odd, eccentric temperament.
21.左衽 [zuo3ren4], phr., (AC) following the barbarian custom of fastening garment on the left side.
22.左人 [zuo3ren2], n., a compound surname.
23.左嗓子 [zuo2sang3zi0], phr., voice that sounds off key.
24.左性 [zuo3xing0], adj., pigheaded, obstinate: 左性子 [zuo3xing0zi0], ditto.
25.左行 [zuo3xing2], adj., (writing) from left to right.
26.左手 [zuo2shou3]1, n., (1) the left hand; (2) the left-hand side.
27.左首 [zuo2shou3]2, n., the left side.
28.左袒 [zuo2tan3], v. t., to side with (s.o.) in a dispute.
29.左側 [zuo3ce4], n., the left side.
30.左驗 [zuo3yan4], n., a witness (of incident).
31.左翼 [zuo3yi4], n., (1) the left wing of an army, an airplane; (2) the left wing of a party or group.
32.左右 [zuo3you4], (1) n., the left and right sides; (2) the entourage of an official; (3) (court. opening of letter) “to be laid before your desk”; (4) v.t., serve as adviser to; (5) adv., pros and cons; (6) anyway: 左右你要去那兒 you have to go there anyway; (7) nearby, not far away; 分左右兒 place according to rank or seniority; 左右手 one's right-hand man; 左右翼 both wings of an army, an airplane.