左右

左

zuǒ

右

yòu

left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence

Characters and words in 左右

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]

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

Words with 左右

左

zuǒ

右

yòu

手

shǒu

left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man

左

zuǒ

右

yòu

为

為

wéi

难

難

nán

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma

左

zuǒ

右

yòu

开

開

ka̅i

弓

go̅ng

lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)

左

zuǒ

右

yòu

逢

féng

源

yuán

lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides

左

zuǒ

右