左手
zuǒ shǒu
Pinyin
Definition
左手
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- left hand
- left-hand side
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to part company
- 2 to split up
- 3 to break up
- 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
- 1 surname Zuo
- 1 left and right
- 2 nearby
- 3 approximately
- 4 attendant
- 5 to control
- 6 to influence
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
- 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不为左右袒
- 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
Sample Sentences
喔!那我左手的姿势对吗?
Oh! Then what about the position of my left hand?
左手手肘要离开身体,记得吗?这样你的手腕才能够自然地转动,对!就是这样。
Your left elbow should be further away from your body, do you remember? This way your wrist can turn more naturally, yes! That's the way.
现在大家左手用镊子夹起青蛙腹部的皮肤,右手用解剖剪剪开皮肤。注意不要剪到肉。
Now, everybody use the tweezers in your left hand to pinch the skin on the frog's waist. With your right hand, use the dissection scissors to open the skin. Be careful not to cut any flesh.