1 surname Zuo

1 left and right

2 nearby

3 approximately

4 attendant

5 to control

6 to influence

1 recently

2 soon

3 nearest

1 near

2 close to

3 approximately

1 almost

2 nearly

3 close to

1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).

2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

1 to be assured of success (idiom)

1 dilemma

2 quandary

3 Scylla and Charybdis

4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)