右袒
yòu tǎn
Pinyin

Definition

右袒
 - 
yòu tǎn
  1. to take sides with
  2. to be partial to
  3. to be biased
  4. to favor one side

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右边
yòu bian
  1. 1 right side
  2. 2 right, to the right
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
右侧
yòu cè
  1. 1 right side
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side
右转
yòu zhuǎn
  1. 1 to turn right
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
偏袒
piān tǎn
  1. 1 to bare one shoulder
  2. 2 (fig.) to side with
  3. 3 to discriminate in favor of
反右
fǎn yòu
  1. 1 anti-rightist
  2. 2 abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fǎn yòu pài Dòu zhēng]
右上
yòu shàng
  1. 1 upper right
右下
yòu xià
  1. 1 lower right
右倾
yòu qīng
  1. 1 right-wing
  2. 2 reactionary
  3. 3 conservative
  4. 4 (PRC) rightist deviation
右方
yòu fāng
  1. 1 right-hand side
右江
Yòu jiāng
  1. 1 Youjiang district of Baise city 百色市[Bǎi sè shì], Guangxi
右派
yòu pài
  1. 1 (political) right
  2. 2 right wing
  3. 3 rightist
右翼
yòu yì
  1. 1 the right flank
  2. 2 (politically) right-wing
右舵
yòu duò
  1. 1 right rudder
右面
yòu miàn
  1. 1 right side
右首
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right-hand side

Idioms (8)

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
  1. 1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
  2. 2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

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