左派
zuǒ pài
Pinyin

Definition

左派
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zuǒ pài
  1. (political) left
  2. left wing
  3. leftist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

左
Zuǒ
  1. 1 surname Zuo
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
反派
fǎn pài
  1. 1 villain (of a drama etc)
左下
zuǒ xià
  1. 1 lower left
左侧
zuǒ cè
  1. 1 left side
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左岸
Zuǒ àn
  1. 1 Left Bank (in Paris)
左手
zuǒ shǒu
  1. 1 left hand
  2. 2 left-hand side
左转
zuǒ zhuǎn
  1. 1 to turn left
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
乐天派
lè tiān pài
  1. 1 happy-go-lucky people
  2. 2 optimists
气派
qì pài
  1. 1 impressive
  2. 2 stylish
  3. 3 magnificent
  4. 4 imposing manner
  5. 5 dignified air
派
pài
  1. 1 clique
  2. 2 school
  3. 3 group
  4. 4 faction
  5. 5 to dispatch
  6. 6 to send
  7. 7 to assign
  8. 8 to appoint
  9. 9 pi (Greek letter Ππ)
  10. 10 the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926
  11. 11 (loanword) pie
派出所
pài chū suǒ
  1. 1 local police station
派对
pài duì
  1. 1 party (loanword)
派送
pài sòng
  1. 1 to send
  2. 2 to deliver
  3. 3 to distribute
特派员
tè pài yuán
  1. 1 special correspondent
  2. 2 sb dispatched on a mission
  3. 3 special commissioner
门派
mén pài
  1. 1 sect
  2. 2 school (group of followers of a particular doctrine)
中间派
zhōng jiān pài
  1. 1 moderate faction
  2. 2 party of compromise
  3. 3 middle ground

Idioms (11)

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
  1. 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
  1. 1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
  2. 2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

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