1 surname Zuo

1 left and right

2 nearby

3 approximately

4 attendant

5 to control

6 to influence

1 variant: 岸 àn

1 a port for external trade

2 a trading or transit post on border between countries

1 opposite bank (of a body of water)

1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

1 to be assured of success (idiom)

1 dilemma

2 quandary

3 Scylla and Charybdis

4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)

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