座右铭
zuò yòu míng
Pinyin

Definition

座右铭
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zuò yòu míng
  1. motto
  2. maxim

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天秤座
Tiān chèng zuò
  1. 1 Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天蝎座
Tiān xiē zuò
  1. 1 Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
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
巨蟹座
Jù xiè zuò
  1. 1 Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
座
zuò
  1. 1 seat
  2. 2 base
  3. 3 stand
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
摩羯座
Mó jié zuò
  1. 1 Capricornus
星座
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
  1. 1 Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
入座
rù zuò
  1. 1 to seat (sb in a restaurant etc)
  2. 2 to take one's seat
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
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
座位
zuò wèi
  1. 1 seat
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
座椅
zuò yǐ
  1. 1 seat
插座
chā zuò
  1. 1 socket
  2. 2 outlet
处女座
Chǔ nu:3 zuò
  1. 1 Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 室女座[Shì nu:3 zuò]

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)
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
  1. 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (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
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
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)
宾朋满座
bīn péng mǎn zuò
  1. 1 guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
高朋满座
gāo péng mǎn zuò
  1. 1 surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company

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