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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zuǒ]
  1. 1. noun left
    the left
  2. 2. adjective [相反的] conflicting
    观点相
    conflicting opinions
  3. 3. adjective [进步的] leftist
    left-wing

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[zuǒ]
  1. 1. noun the left side; the left;left
    公路在前面山口转了。
    他坐在我的上方。
    转弯
    turn to the left; turn left
    上方
    the upper left
  2. 2. noun east
    小溪在山,林场在山右。
    areas east of the Taihang Mountains, specifically Shandong Province
  3. 3. noun the Left
    、中、右都是方位词。
    凡有人群的地方,都有、中、右。
    Wherever there are masses of people they are invariably divided into the Left, the middle and the Right.
  4. 4. adjective queer; unorthodox; heretical
  5. 5. adjective wrong; incorrect
    你的思想太了。
    你想了。
    You're not thinking in the right way. or You've got a wrong idea.
  6. 6. adjective different; contrary; opposite
    fail to meet each other

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[zuǒ]
  1. 1. 面向南时靠东的一侧
    拐。
    顾右盼。
    边。
    手。
  2. 2. 古代指东方
    (江东,长江下游南岸地区)。
    (指崤山、华山以东或太行山以东)。
  3. 3. 名 [文] 指较低的地位(古代常以右为上,为下)
    迁(降职)。
  4. 4. 偏邪
    旁门道。
    脾气。
  5. 5.
    了。
    了。
  6. 6. 抵触;不一致
    意见相
  7. 7. 进步的;革命的
    派。
    翼。

Examples

(右)侧
the left (right) side
他现在改踢后卫。
He's playing left-back now.
以极“”的面貌出现
put on an extremely "Left" front 极“左”
极“”分子
ultra-"Leftist" 极“左”
极“”思潮
ultra-"Left" trend of thought 极“左”
向右()看齐!
(word of command) Dress right (left), dress! 看齐
(右)肋
left (right) side of the chest
(右)膝
the left (right) knee
(右)眼
left (right) eye
你想了。
You're not thinking in the right way. or You've got a wrong idea.

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