剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over syn 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence syn 左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of syn 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 提取 tí qǔ to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine syn 残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn 左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 无计可施 無計可施 wú jì kě shī no strategy left to try (idiom) / at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 左面 zuǒ miàn left side syn 无依无靠 無依無靠 wú yī wú kào no one to rely on (idiom) / on one's own / orphaned / left to one's own devices syn 潜台词 潛臺詞 qián tái cí unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 左倾 左傾 zuǒ qīng left-leaning / progressive 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 左岸 zuǒ àn Left Bank (in Paris) 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 哑口无言 啞口無言 yǎ kǒu wú yán dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words syn 落单 落單 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 王明 wáng míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 政审 政審 zhèng shěn examine sb's political record / political investigation 左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side syn 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 博古 bó gǔ Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash 鸡犬不宁 雞犬不寧 jī quǎn bù níng lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 撇 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) syn 所剩无几 所剩無機 suǒ shèng wú jǐ there is not much left syn 鳏寡孤独 鰥寡孤獨 guān guǎ gū dú lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on syn 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 不到黄河心不死 不到黃河心不死 bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left syn 茬口 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity 璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政治 zhèng zhì politics / political syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn 党派 黨派 dǎng pài political party / faction 政 zhèng political / politics / government syn 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 说客 說客 shuì kè (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] 政党 政黨 zhèng dǎng political party / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 政见 政見 zhèng jiàn political views 分析家 fēn xī jiā (political) analyst 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 指导员 指導員 zhǐ dǎo yuán instructor / coach / political instructor (in the PLA) 保守党 保守黨 bǎo shǒu dǎng conservative political parties 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 政局 zhèng jú political situation syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 政委 zhèng wěi political commissar (within the army) 时局 時局 shí jú current political situation syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 政治性 zhèng zhì xìng political 反对党 反對黨 fǎn duì dǎng opposition (political) party 转危为安 轉危為安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert a danger (esp. political or medical) syn 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 政敌 政敵 zhèng dí political opponent 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 政论 政論 zhèng lùn political commentary 党徽 黨徽 dǎng huī political party emblem 积极分子 積極份子 jī jí fèn zǐ enthusiast / (political) activist syn 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 