左转 (左轉)
zuǒ zhuǎn
Pinyin
Definition
左转 (左轉)
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- to turn left
Character Decomposition
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
Sample Sentences
向左转、向右转、向前走、向后看;往左转、往右转、往前走、往后看
Turn left, turn right, walk forward, look back.
跟您确认一下您看的场次,影厅是第五厅,这边上去三楼,上楼以后左转到底。
Let me confirm your showing with you. It's in auditorium 5. Head this way to the third floor. Once you get there, take a left and head to the end.
你从这里直走,在明大路右转,直走不远会看到一家医院,过了医院就左转,再走5分钟,过三个路口就到了。
Go straight from here, then turn right on Ming Da Road, go straight and then you'll see a hospital nearby. After the hospital turn left and walk for another 5 minutes, and when you've passed three junctions you're there.
不对不对,是看到医院后左转再走五分钟。
No, no, you turn left after the hospital and walk for 5 minutes.
直走,明大路左转,看到医院后左转再走五分钟…
Go straight, turn left at Ming Da Road, then turn left after you see the hospital and walk five more minutes...
哦,前面左转。我在这儿等您。
Oh. It's up ahead on the left. I will wait for you here.
左转
to turn left