左右 zuǒyòu

1. zuǒyòu adjective approximately
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 8)
2. zuǒyòu phrase the left and right
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 左方与右方 (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 1)
3. zuǒyòu adjective nearby
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 附近 (Guoyu '左右' 2)
4. zuǒyòu noun attendants; retainers and officials
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侍者 (CC-CEDICT '左右'; Guoyu '左右' 3)
5. zuǒyòu noun a respectful term of address in letters
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '左右' 4)
6. zuǒyòu verb to help
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 帮助 (Guoyu '左右' 5)
7. zuǒyòu verb to control
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 控制 (Guoyu '左右' 6)
8. zuǒyòu verb to be in two minds about
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 有二心 (Guoyu '左右' 7)
9. zuǒyòu adverb in any event
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反正 (Guoyu '左右' 8)

Contained in

• 左右胁士(左右脅士) attendants

Also contained in

左右开弓 、 王顾左右而言他 、 左右逢源 、 左右共利 、 左右两难 、 左右勾拳 、 左右袒 、 左右手 、 不为左右袒 、 左右摇摆 、 左右点 、 左右长御

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• Letters - Chan Master Dahui Replies to County Magistrate Sun 書信 ■大慧禪師答孫知縣書 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 16
• 10. Buddhist Education and Entertainment - 1. Sports 拾、佛教育樂篇 一、體育活動 Buddhism Series 7 - Organization and Ceremonies 《佛教叢書7－儀制》 — count: 11
• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: The Vertical is Exhausted by the Three Time Periods 星雲日記20～談空說有 豎窮三際(1992/11/16～1992/11/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 7
• Lecture 3: Layout of a Monastery 第三講‧叢林布局 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》 — count: 7
• Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again: Treat Adverse Conditions as Contributory Conditions 星雲日記18～把心找回來 逆增上緣(1992/7/16～1992/7/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 6
• Humble Opinions on Religious Legislation 宗教立法之芻議 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 6
• Section 2 China - Chapter 6: Buddhist Monastic System of Administration 第二篇　中國篇 第六章　佛教的僧官制度 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 6
• Hsing Yun Diary 35 - The Art of Speaking 星雲日記35～說話的藝術 說話的藝術(1995/5/1～1995/5/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 6
• Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Fate' 族群倫理探討（中冊） 佛教對「人生命運」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 6
• Section 2 China - Chapter 12: Summary of Buddhism on the Frontier 第二篇　中國篇 第十二章　邊疆佛教的概況 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 5

Collocations

• 岁左右 (歲左右) 惠能大師這個時候應該已經四十歲左右了 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 8
• 左右邻居 (左右鄰居) 這個小圖書館可以讓左右鄰居都來借書 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》, Lecture 12: Pure Wealth, and Almsgiving by Devotees 第十二講．淨財信施 — count: 6
• 能左右 (能左右) 外面的環境能左右我們的力量很大 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 16: Nine Levels of Monastic Quality 第十六講．僧眾九品 — count: 4
• 在左右 (在左右) 且見徒眾總在左右 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 1 The Circumstances of My Awakening - Canonical Text and Notes 第一　行由品 經文．註釋 — count: 3
• 左右两边 (左右兩邊) 分別供奉在釋迦牟尼佛的左右兩邊 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 3: Layout of a Monastery 第三講‧叢林布局 — count: 3
• 时左右 (時左右) 正是約下午兩三小時左右 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, India 印度 — count: 3
• 佛陀左右 (佛陀左右) 即常追隨在佛陀左右的一千二百五十位弟子 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Dharma Assembly starts: building causes and conditions - Part 1 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 法會啟建因緣分第一 【譯文　原典　注釋】 — count: 3
• 左右为难 (左右為難) 感到左右為難 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 3
• 左右同 (左右同) 琉璃安養左右同尊大法王 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 3: Layout of a Monastery 第三講‧叢林布局 — count: 3
• 左右迴旋 (左右迴旋) 左右迴旋半展眸 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 4: Four Types of Etiquettes 第四講．四種威儀 — count: 3