左右
zuǒ yòu
Pinyin

Definition

左右
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zuǒ yòu
  1. left and right
  2. nearby
  3. approximately
  4. attendant
  5. to control
  6. to influence

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

左
Zuǒ
  1. 1 surname Zuo
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
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右侧
yòu cè
  1. 1 right side
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side

Idioms (11)

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)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
  1. 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

我觉得难度系数最高的难叫左右为难。也就是说，当妈当的很为难，不知道该当虎妈还是羊妈，佛系妈。
wǒ juéde nándù xìshù zuìgāo de nán jiào zuǒyòuwéinán 。yějiùshìshuō ，dāng mā dāng de hěn wéinán ，bù zhīdào gāidāng hǔ mā háishi yáng mā ，fóxì mā 。
What scores highest in the scale of difficulties is "between a rock and a hard place". In this example, the mother is between a rock and a hard place, wondering whether to be a "tiger mom", or a "lamb mom" "Zen mom."
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他也享受的是和电脑的合作，不是和左右同事，更不是我。
tā yě xiǎngshòu de shì hé diànnǎo de hézuò ，búshi hé zuǒyòu tóngshì ，gèng búshi wǒ 。
he didn't enjoy working with his colleagues, and obviously he didn't enjoy working with me. He enjoyed working with the computer.
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杂交稻比常规稻增产20%左右，每年增产的粮食可养活7000万人。
zájiāodào bǐ chángguī dào zēngchǎn zuǒyòu ，měinián zēngchǎn de liángshi kě yǎnghuo wàn rén 。
Production from hybrid rice is about 20% higher compared with conventional rice, and the annual increase in grain production can feed 70 million people.
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印度人最多，大概四十个左右。
Yìndù rén zuì duō ，dàgài sìshí gè zuǒyòu 。
There are more Indians, at around 40.
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拜托！往前走三公里左右就有个村子了，走吧。
bàituō ！wǎng qián zǒu sān gōngli zuǒyòu jiù yǒu gè cūnzi le ，zǒu ba 。
Oh please! There's a village around three kilometers ahead, let's go.
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好，那我两点左右会再从展览会场给他打电话，我们确认完，马上可以做好，麻烦你了！
hǎo ，nà wǒ liǎng diǎn zuǒyòu huì zài cóng zhǎnlǎn huìchǎng gěi tā dǎ diànhuà ，wǒmen quèrèn wán ，mǎshàng kěyǐ zuò hǎo ，máfan nǐ le ！
OK, then I'll call him from the exhibition hall at around two, so we can get on with things as soon as we confirm, thanks!
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这里是浮潜区，最深的地方只有5米，大部分都是2米左右。
zhèlǐ shì fúqiánqū ，zuì shēn de dìfang zhǐyǒu wǔ mǐ ，dàbùfēn dōu shì èr mǐ zuǒyòu 。
This is the snorkeling section, the deepest part is only 5 meters, but most of it is around 2 meters
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根据目前的移动速度，估计30分钟左右。
gēnjù mùqián de yídòng sùdù ，gūjì sānshí fēnzhōng zuǒyòu 。
According to the present speed of movement, I estimate it will be about 30 minutes.
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好像七万左右吧。贵的还有十几万到二十万的呢。
hǎoxiàng qī wàn zuǒyòu ba 。guì de háiyǒu shíjǐwàn dào èrshíwàn de ne 。
Perhaps about seventy thousand. The more expensive courses are a hundred and something thousand to two hundred thousand.
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我觉得不光是季节性。以前下降额一般也就是5%左右最近我们在宣传上投入的也少，销售额当然也就下降了。还是应该增加市场部的预算。
wǒ juéde bùguāng shì jìjiéxìng 。yǐqián xiàjiàng é yībān yějiùshì bǎifēnzhīwǔ zuǒyòu zuìjìn wǒmen zài xuānchuán shàng tóurù de yě shǎo ，xiāoshòu é dāngrán yě jiù xiàjiàng le 。háishì yīnggāi zēngjiā shìchǎngbù de yùsuàn 。
I think it's not just seasonal. Before the drop in volume was only about 5 percent. Recently our investment in promotion has also been less, so of course our sales volume has fallen. We'd better increase the marketing budget.
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