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 残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn 不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn 左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 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 撇 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) syn 剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over 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 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 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 左岸 zuǒ àn Left Bank (in Paris) 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) 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 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 左面 zuǒ miàn left side syn 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 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man 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 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) 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 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 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 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 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 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material 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) 边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over 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 左倾 左傾 zuǒ qīng left-leaning / progressive 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 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 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 聝 guó cut off the left ear of the slain 所剩无几 所剩無機 suǒ shèng wú jǐ there is not much left syn 弹尽粮绝 彈盡糧絕 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) / in desperate straits 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 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 无言以对 無言以對 wú yán yǐ duì to be left speechless / unable to respond syn 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 右撇子 yòu piě zi right-hander 彳 chì step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4] 左舵 zuǒ duò left rudder 剩钱 剩錢 shèng qián to have money left / remaining money 去台 去臺 qù tái to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 去台人员 去臺人員 qù tái rén yuán those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 向左拐 xiàng zuǒ guǎi to turn left 周立波 zhōu lì bō Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian 喀喇沁 kā lā qìn Harqin (Mongol: guard) / Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia / also Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治縣 kā lā qìn zuǒ yì měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning 土默特左旗 tǔ mò tè zuǒ qí Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia 妙在不言中 miào zài bù yán zhōng the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom) 宁左勿右 寧左勿右 nìng zuǒ wù yòu (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution) 左下 zuǒ xià lower left 左前卫 左前衛 zuǒ qián wèi left forward (soccer position) 左右勾拳 zuǒ yòu gōu quán left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two 左箭头 左箭頭 zuǒ jiàn tóu left-pointing arrow 左箭头键 左箭頭鍵 zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn left arrow key (on keyboard) 左至右 zuǒ zhì yòu left-to-right 巴林左 bā lín zuǒ Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia 巴林左旗 bā lín zuǒ qí Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia 折箩 折籮 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet 新巴尔虎左旗 新巴爾虎左旗 xīn bā ěr hǔ zuǒ qí New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia 有教无类法 有教無類法 yǒu jiào wú lèi fǎ No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001 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 / to criticize right and left 火场留守分队 火場留守分隊 huǒ chǎng liú shǒu fēn duì detachment left to provide covering fire 盪然 dàng rán variant of 蕩然|荡然, vanished from the face of the earth / all gone / nothing left 睃巡 suō xún (eyes) to scan / to glance left and right / to scrutinize / also written 巡睃[xun2 suo1] 科尔沁左翼中 科爾沁左翼中 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì zhōng Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia 科尔沁左翼中旗 科爾沁左翼中旗 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì zhōng qí Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia 科尔沁左翼后 科爾沁左翼後 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì hòu Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia 科尔沁左翼后旗 科爾沁左翼後旗 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì hòu qí Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia 绝产 絕產 jué chǎn crop failure / property left with no-one to inherit / sterilization 荡然 蕩然 dàng rán vanished from the face of the earth / all gone / nothing left 苏尼特左旗 蘇尼特左旗 sū ní tè zuǒ qí Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia 袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow 