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 行李 xíng li luggage / CL:件[jian4] syn 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) 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 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as 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 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office 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 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 左面 zuǒ miàn left side syn 行装 行裝 xíng zhuāng clothes and other items packed for traveling / baggage / luggage 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 打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in) 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 过重 過重 guò zhòng overweight (luggage) syn 行囊 xíng náng traveling bag / luggage 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 快件 kuài jiàn an express consignment (of goods, luggage etc) / express mail service 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 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 行李架 xíng li jià luggage rack 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 传达室 傳達室 chuán dá shì reception office / janitor's office 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) 罢官 罷官 bà guān to dismiss from office / to resign from office syn 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 监察局 監察局 jiān chá jú inspection office / supervisory office 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 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 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 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 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 轻车简从 輕車簡從 qīng chē jiǎn cóng (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation 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 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 宣誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office 检察院 檢察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office / procuratorate syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 票房 piào fáng box office 东山再起 東山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback syn 总署 總署 zǒng shǔ general office 