左和右left and right

• 观礼台左右

  on both sides of the observation platform

• 不离左右

  not leave one's side

• 左右摇摆

  sway from side to side

随从attendants (plural)

• 他为左右所蒙蔽。

  He has been deceived by those around him.

影响；支配to influence; to control

• 左右局势

  influence the situation

• 能左右局势的人

  person with the ability to influence the situation

• 为人所左右

  be influenced by people

• 妄图用武力左右世界命运

  try in vain to alter the destiny of the world by using force

大约approximately

• 五公里左右

  about 5km

• 三十岁左右的

  about 30

• 十个人左右

  about 10 people

参见：左不过

左...右...over and over

• 左说右说

  say over and over

• 我们左试右试。

  We tried again and again.