左边 (左邊)
zuǒ bian
Pinyin

Definition

左边 (左邊)
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zuǒ bian
  1. left
  2. the left side
  3. to the left of

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
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

Idioms (11)

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

Sample Sentences

贴春联的时候，最后一个字是第一声或第二声的，贴在左边；最后一个字是第三声或第四声的，贴在右边。右边的是“上联”，左边的是“下联”，先唸上联，再唸下联，最后唸上面那条横幅。
tiē chūnlián de shíhou ，zuìhòu yī gè zì shì dì yī shēng huò dì èrshēng de ，tiē zài zuǒbiān ；zuìhòu yī gè zì shì dì sānshēng huò dì sìshēng de ，tiē zài yòubiān 。yòubiān de shì “shànglián ”，zuǒbiān de shì “xiàlián ”，xiān niàn shànglián ，zài niàn xiàlián ，zuìhòu niàn shàngmian nàtiáo héngfú 。
When you are sticking up your spring couplets, if you find that the last character ends in a first or second tone, this should be stuck on the left hand side. If the last character is a third or forth tone, it should be stuck on the right side. The one on the right is the "shang lian - the top line". The one on the left hand side is the "xia lian - the bottom line". You read it from 'top to bottom'. Then you read the one that goes across horizontally.
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出口在左边。
chūkǒu zài zuǒbian 。
The exit is on the left side.
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杯子在我左边。
bēizi zài wǒ zuǒbian 。
The cup is to my left.
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Fiona在我左边。
Fiona zài wǒ zuǒbian 。
Fiona is to my left.
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我住长安大街附近，你知道花旗银行不？我家就在银行左边那栋楼。
wǒ zhù chángān dàjiē fùjìn ，nǐ zhīdào huāqíyínháng bù ？wǒjiā jiù zài yínháng zuǒbiān nà dòng lóu 。
I live near Changan Street. Do you know where the Citibank is? My place is in the building to the left of the bank.
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这么巧？我也住花旗银行左边那栋楼，你住几楼啊？
zhème qiǎo ？wǒ yě zhù huāqíyínháng zuǒbiān nà dòng lóu ，nǐ zhù jǐ lóu ā ？
What a coincidence! I live in the building to the left of the Citibank too, which floor do you live on?
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头发很短的那个，有没有？就在左边数过来第三排。
tóufa hěn duǎn de nàge ，yǒumeiyǒu ？jiù zài zuǒbiān shǔ guòlai dì sān pái 。
The one with really short hair, do you see him? He's in the third row from the left.
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你家？看到这根柱子没有？柱子左边是你家，右边是我家，你的垃圾在右边！
nǐ jiā ？kàndào zhè gēn zhùzi méiyǒu ？zhùzi zuǒbiān shì nǐ jiā ，yòubiān shì wǒjiā ，nǐ de lājī zài yòubiān ！
Your home? Do you see that pillar? To the left of the pillar is your home, to the right is my home, your rubbish is on the right!
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他朝小巷子过去了，我继续追，你们两个从左边那条路包抄过去。
tā cháo xiǎo xiàngzi guòqù le ，wǒ jìxù zhuī ，nǐmen liǎng gè cóng zuǒbiān nàtiáo lù bāochāo guòqù 。
He went into the alley, I'll continue in pursuit, you two cut him off from the road on the left.
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前面是教学大楼，左边是食堂，右边是宿舍。
qiánmian shì jiàoxuédàlóu ，zuǒbiān shì shítáng ，yòubiān shì sùshè 。
Up ahead is our classroom building. On the left is the cafeteria and on the right is the dormitory.
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