左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
Pinyin

Definition

左右逢源
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zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. to have everything going one's way
  4. to benefit from both sides

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
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
财源
cái yuán
  1. 1 financial resources
  2. 2 source of revenue

Idioms (20)

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
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)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)