| zuǒ | left/surname Zuo |
| 左 |
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| 左…右… | over and over again |
| 左上 | upper left |
| 左下 | lower left |
| 左不过 | anyhow in any event just |
| 左丘明 | Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed |
| 左云 | Zuoyun county in Dàtóng 大同 |
| 左云县 | Zuoyun county in Dàtóng 大同 |
| 左传 | Zuozhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 |
| 左侧 | left side |
| 左侧的 | leftward; left-hand; left; near |
| 左倾 | left-leaning progressive |
| 左倾机会主义 | leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927) left adventurism cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议 |
| 左倾盲动主义 | Left putschism |
| 左倾空谈 | Left phrasemongering |
| 左内锋 | left inside forward; inside left; inside left forward; inside left forward, inside left |
| 左券 | a sure thing a certainty copy of a contract held by a creditor |
| 左券在握 | to be assured of success (idiom) |
| 左前卫 | left forward (soccer position) |
| 左前锋 | a left forward |