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 弓箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow 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 箭头 箭頭 jiàn tóu arrowhead / arrow symbol 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 射箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 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 尾翼 wěi yì empennage (of an aircraft) / fletching (of an arrow) / fins (of a missile, rocket etc) / rear spoiler (of a car) syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy 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 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) 强弩之末 強弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force syn 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) 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 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 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 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 光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn 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 箭杆 箭桿 jiàn gǎn arrow shaft 箭头键 箭頭鍵 jiàn tóu jiàn arrow key (on keyboard) 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 箭 jiàn arrow / CL:支[zhi1] syn 撇 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) syn 矢 shǐ arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] 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 铤 鋌 tǐng big arrow / walk fast 彀 gòu to draw a bow to the full / the range of a bow and arrow / old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough 镝 鏑 dí arrow or arrowhead (old) syn 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 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 矰 zēng arrow with a streamer 菆 zōu arrow / weeds 筈 guā arrow end 聝 guó cut off the left ear of the slain 颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy 开弓不放箭 開弓不放箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado 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 上箭头 上箭頭 shàng jiàn tóu up-pointing arrow 下箭头 下箭頭 xià jiàn tóu down-pointing arrow 右箭头 右箭頭 yòu jiàn tóu right-pointing arrow 左箭头键 左箭頭鍵 zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn left arrow key (on keyboard) 指向装置 指向裝置 zhǐ xiàng zhuāng zhì pointing device (computing) 触控点 觸控點 chù kòng diǎn pointing stick (for notebook computer) 仪表定位系统 yí biǎo dìng wèi xì tǒng Instrument Pointing System 波束指向 bō shù zhǐ xiàng beam pointing 固定定向天线 固定定向天線 fixed pointing antenna 横眉冷对千夫指 橫眉冷對千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy 凤眼 鳳眼 fèng yǎn elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix 指着和尚骂秃子 指着和尚罵禿子 zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely 