1 Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chūn qiū], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuǒ Qiū míng]
Idioms (15)
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
如虎添翼
rú hǔ tiān yì
1 lit. like a tiger that has grown wings
2 with redoubled power (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
小心翼翼
xiǎo xīn yì yì
1 cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully
2 prudent
3 gently and cautiously
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
1 dilemma
2 quandary
3 Scylla and Charybdis
4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
2 fig. to turn everything into gold
3 to have everything going one's way
4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
2 fig. to display ambidexterity
3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
2 dissident group
比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
1 lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
2 fig. two hearts beating as one
3 name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi
1 to fly wing to wing (idiom)
2 two hearts beating as one
3 (of a couple) inseparable
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things