左

左 [zuǒ] 名

1. ■ （面向南时靠东的一边， 与右相对） the left side; the left:

左下角 the lower left corner;

左侧 the left side;

靠左行! Keep to the left!

2. ■ （东） east:

山左 areas east of the Taihang Mountains, specifically Shandong Province;

江左 region east of the Yangtze River

3. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

左宗棠 Zuo Zongtang

形

1. ■ （偏; 邪; 不正常） unorthodox; queer; bigoted; heretical:

左见 prejudice; bias;

左脾气 a queer temperament;

左道 heretical belief

2. ■ （错; 不对头） wrong; incorrect:

你说左了。 What you said is wrong.

你想左了。 You're not thinking in the right way.; You've got a wrong idea.

3. ■ （相反） different; contrary; opposite:

方向相左 in the opposite direction;

意见相左 hold different views; cannot see eye to eye

4. ■ （进步的; 革命的） the left; progressive; revolutionary:

极左思潮 the ultra-left trend of thought;

左翼作家 the progressive writers

动

1. ■ [书] （辅佐） assist