左袒
zuǒ tǎn
Pinyin
Definition
左袒
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- to take sides with
- to be partial to
- to be biased
- to favor one side
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (11)
不为左右袒
- 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
宁左勿右
- 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左券在握
- 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
- 1 dilemma
- 2 quandary
- 3 Scylla and Charybdis
- 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
- 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