左舵
zuǒ duò
Pinyin

Definition

左舵
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zuǒ duò
  1. left rudder

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
左侧
zuǒ cè
  1. 1 left side
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
左岸
Zuǒ àn
  1. 1 Left Bank (in Paris)
左手
zuǒ shǒu
  1. 1 left hand
  2. 2 left-hand side
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
右舵
yòu duò
  1. 1 right rudder
土默特左旗
Tǔ mò tè zuǒ qí
  1. 1 Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
崇左
Chóng zuǒ
  1. 1 Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
崇左市
Chóng zuǒ shì
  1. 1 Chongzuo prefecture-level city in Guangxi
左上
zuǒ shàng
  1. 1 upper left
左下
zuǒ xià
  1. 1 lower left
左不过
zuǒ bu guò
  1. 1 anyhow
  2. 2 in any event
  3. 3 just
  4. 4 only
左传
Zuǒ Zhuàn
  1. 1 Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chūn qiū], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuǒ Qiū míng]
左倾
zuǒ qīng
  1. 1 left-leaning
  2. 2 progressive
左右手
zuǒ yòu shǒu
  1. 1 left and right hands
  2. 2 (fig.) capable assistant
  3. 3 right-hand man
左宗棠
Zuǒ Zōng táng
  1. 1 Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
左思
Zuǒ Sī
  1. 1 Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
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

Idioms (14)

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
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
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
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)
见风使舵
jiàn fēng shǐ duò
  1. 1 lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
  2. 2 to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
见风转舵
jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò
  1. 1 lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
  2. 2 to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
随风倒舵
suí fēng dǎo duò
  1. 1 to trim one's sails with the wind
  2. 2 to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)

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