寧左勿右

宁
寧
左
左
勿
勿
右
右
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

Characters and words in 寧左勿右

宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
宁
寧
nìng = ni + (e)ng4
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
左
zuǒ = zu + o3
surname Zuo
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
左
zuǒ = zu + o3
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
勿
wù = w + Ø4
do not
勿 = 丿 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: bat wings.
勿 = 丿 + 勹 : The elephant wants to eat a banana in the space station's bathroom, but Willy Walrus suddenly flies by (using bat wings), snatches the banana away and shouts "no!"
右
yòu = y + ou4
right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)
右 = 𠂇 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a nazi.

A nazi wants to eat a mandarin in the outhouse's bathroom, but Maud Younger cuts it right in the middle with a pair of scissors.
右
yòu = y + ou4
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

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