左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of syn 几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost / nearly / practically syn 三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently syn 闲职 閑職 xián zhí sinecure / position with practically no obligations 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 落单 落單 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 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 盪然 dàng rán variant of 蕩然|荡然, vanished from the face of the earth / all gone / nothing left 荡然 蕩然 dàng rán vanished from the face of the earth / all gone / nothing left 生无可恋 生無可戀 shēng wú kě liàn (Internet slang) nothing left to live for 没什么 沒甚麼 méi shén me it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind / think nothing of it / it's my pleasure / you're welcome syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 没有什么 沒有甚麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it syn 无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy 空洞无物 空洞無物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show syn 不入虎穴焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair / nothing venture / nothing to gain or have 没甚么 沒甚麼 méi shén me nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom) / Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 卑之，毋甚高论 卑之，毋甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary 卑之，无甚高论 卑之，無甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary 杀人不过头点地 殺人不過頭點地 shā rén bù guò tóu diǎn dì It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing / nothing to write home about 沒什麼 méi shén me variant of 沒甚麼|没什么, nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind 没有事 沒有事 méi yǒu shì not a bit / nothing is up / nothing alarming is happening 没有什么不可能 沒有甚麼不可能 méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it 三不知 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence syn 剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over 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 残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue 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 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) 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 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 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 左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander 左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side 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) 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 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 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 茬口 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 撇 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) syn 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 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 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 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) 所剩无几 所剩無機 suǒ shèng wú jǐ there is not much left syn 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 彳 chì step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4] 左舵 zuǒ duò left rudder 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 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 