| 释义 |
 | 左 | | zuŏ | 名形动 | | 1 the left side; the left (opp.  右): | | | 左上方 the upper left | | | 左转弯 turn to the left; turn left |
| 2 east (opp. 右): | | | 山左 areas east of the Taihang Mountains, specifically Shandong Province |
| 3 the Left; left wing (opp. 右): | | | 凡有人群的地方，都有左 、中、右。 Wherever there are groups of people, they always divide into the Left, the Centre and the Right. |
| 1 strange; unorthodox; heretical 左脾气 |
| 2 wrong; incorrect: | | | 你想左了。 You're thinking wrong. or You've got the wrong idea. |
| 3 different; contrary; opposite 相左 |
| 4 progressive; revolutionary (opp. 右) 左翼 |
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