左拉
Zuǒ lā
Pinyin

Definition

左拉
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Zuǒ lā
  1. Zola (name)
  2. Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist

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
拉
lā
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. 3 to drag
  4. 4 to draw
  5. 5 to chat
拉手
lā shǒu
  1. 1 to hold hands
  2. 2 to shake hands
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
  1. 1 Gerrard (name)
克拉
kè lā
  1. 1 carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Kè lā kè
  1. 1 Clark or Clarke (name)
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
  1. 1 Cadillac
卡拉
Kǎ lā
  1. 1 Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
  2. 2 Cara, Karla etc (name)
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
呼拉圈
hū lā quān
  1. 1 hula hoop (loanword)
安拉
Ān lā
  1. 1 Allah (Arabic name of God)
左上
zuǒ shàng
  1. 1 upper left
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
左撇子
zuǒ piě zi
  1. 1 left-handed

Idioms (19)

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
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
  1. 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
  2. 2 tied down by family obligations
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
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)
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate

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