左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
Pinyin

Definition

左顾右盼
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zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

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
企盼
qǐ pàn
  1. 1 to expect
  2. 2 to look forward to
  3. 3 anxious for sth
  4. 4 to hope (to get sth)
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右侧
yòu cè
  1. 1 right side
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side
右边
yòu bian
  1. 1 right side
  2. 2 right, to the right
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
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
期盼
qī pàn
  1. 1 hope and expectation
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 to look forward to
  4. 4 to await expectantly
盼
pàn
  1. 1 to hope for
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to expect
盼望
pàn wàng
  1. 1 to hope for
  2. 2 to look forward to
盼头
pàn tou
  1. 1 hopes
  2. 2 good prospects
切盼
qiè pàn
  1. 1 to look forward eagerly to sth
  2. 2 keenly desired
反右
fǎn yòu
  1. 1 anti-rightist
  2. 2 abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fǎn yòu pài Dòu zhēng]
右上
yòu shàng
  1. 1 upper right
右下
yòu xià
  1. 1 lower right

Idioms (12)

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)
顾盼自雄
gù pàn zì xióng
  1. 1 to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)

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