对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 面前 miàn qián in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) syn 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 指向 zhǐ xiàng to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated 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 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 对峙 對峙 duì zhì (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other syn 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 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist 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 迎风 迎風 yíng fēng in the wind / facing the wind / downwind syn 前人 qián rén predecessor / forebears / the person facing you syn 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) 临危 臨危 lín wēi dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed syn 寡不敌众 寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) syn 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 向阳 向陽 xiàng yáng facing the sun / exposed to the sun syn 临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 临刑 臨刑 lín xíng facing execution 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) 朝阳 朝陽 cháo yáng to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun syn 向北 xiàng běi northward / facing north 正对 正對 zhèng duì directly facing 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 相向 xiāng xiàng facing one another / face-to-face syn 朝前 cháo qián facing forwards 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 正眼 zhèng yǎn facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes 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 面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc 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 临水 臨水 lín shuǐ facing the water (favored location) 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 饰面 飾面 shì miàn ornamental facing / veneer 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 朝 cháo imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards 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 贴边 貼邊 tiē biān welt / facing (of a garment) / to be relevant 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 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 弹尽粮绝 彈盡糧絕 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) / in desperate straits syn 无言以对 無言以對 wú yán yǐ duì to be left speechless / unable to respond syn 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides syn 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn 对坐 對坐 duì zuò to sit facing each other 冒险主义 冒險主義 mào xiǎn zhǔ yì adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s) syn 遗教 遺教 yí jiào work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings syn 聝 guó cut off the left ear of the slain 刀锯斧钺 刀鋸斧鉞 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution 向壁虚构 向壁虛構 xiàng bì xū gòu facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication 向壁虚造 向壁虛造 xiàng bì xū zào facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication 四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back 斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution 死不改悔 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate 一辞莫赞 一辭莫贊 yī cí mò zàn left speechless by sth perfect (idiom) 六亲无靠 六親無靠 liù qīn wú kào orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom) / no one to rely on / left to one's own devices syn 无言可对 無言可對 wú yán kě duì unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words 王顾左右而言他 王顧左右而言他 wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom) 纤悉无遗 纖悉無遺 xiān xī wú yí detailed and nothing left out (idiom) / meticulous and comprehensive / not missing an iota 横挑鼻子竖挑眼 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left syn 排面 pái miàn a row of things facing oneself (esp. a row of products on a shelf facing customers in a store) / (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) ostentation / showiness / impressiveness 