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 | 左右 | | zuŏyòu | 名动副 | | | 1 left and right sides: | | | 左右摇摆 vacillate; unsteady; hesitant | | | 主席台左右，红旗迎风飘扬。 Red flags flutter on both sides of the rostrum. |
| 2 [after a numeral] about; or so: | | | 八点钟左右 around eight o'clock | | | 一个月左右 a month or so | | | 身高一米七左右 be about 1. 70 metres high | | | 价值十元左右。 It's worth about 10 yuan. |
| 3 those in close attendance; retinue: | | | 屏退左右 order one's attendants to retire |
| II 动 master; control; influence: | | | 左右局势 be master of the situation; in control | | | 为人所左右 controlled by another; fall under another's influence | | | 他这个人不是别人能左右得了的。 He is not a man to be influenced by others. |
| III 副 〈方〉 anyway; anyhow; in any case: | | | 左右闲着没事，我就陪你走一趟吧。 Anyway I'm free now so let me go with you. |
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