左
zuǒ
left
surname Zuo; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]
a picture of 左 → a left hand
The ancient form showed a left hand with fingers outstretched, similar to 又 which depicts a right hand. Over time the strokes became stylized, but the handedness distinction is the original core.
请往左转，银行就在那里。
qǐng wǎng zuǒ zhuǎn，yínháng jiù zài nàlǐ。
Please turn left, the bank is right there.
他的政治立场偏左，支持更多社会福利。
tā de zhèngzhì lìchǎng piān zuǒ，zhīchí gèng duō shèhuì fúlì。
His political stance leans to the left, supporting more social welfare.
Words with 左
阿拉善左旗
ā lā shàn zuǒ qí
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
左舷
zuǒ xián
port (side of a ship)
左右为难
zuǒ yòu wéi nán
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
左转
zuǒ zhuǎn
to turn left
左支右绌
zuǒ zhī yòu chù
to be in straitened circumstances
左倾
zuǒ qīng
left-leaning
左面
zuǒ miàn
left side
左翼
zuǒ yì
left-wing (political)
邻左
lín zuǒ
neighbor
顾左右而言他
gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
中国左翼作家联盟
zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930