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[左支右絀] zuǒzhīyòuchù to be in straitened circumstances

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        Zuǒ/zuǒ, surname Zuo, left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/oppo...
        zuǒyòu, left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence
        zuǒbian, [左邊], left/the left side/to the left of
        zuǒshǒu, left hand/left-hand side
        zuǒpiězi, left-handed
        zuǒcè, [左側], left side
        zuǒlúnshǒuqiāng, [左輪手槍], revolver
        zuǒyì, left-wing (political)
        
        
        zuǒyòushǒu, left and right hands/(fig.) capable assistant/right-hand man
        zuǒmiàn, left side
        
        
        
        
        xiāngzuǒ, to fail to meet each other/to conflict with each other/to be at odds with
        
        zuǒpài, (political) left/left wing/leftist
        
        
        zuǒshàng, upper left
        zuǒqīng, [左傾], left-leaning/progressive
        zuǒyòukāigōng, [左右開弓], lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with...
        
        Zuǒàn, Left Bank (in Paris)
        zuǒgùyòupàn, [左顧右盼], glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
        ZuǒZōngtáng, Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
        zuǒyòuféngyuán, lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)/fig. to turn everything into gold/to...
        
        
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        zuǒlínyòushè, [左鄰右舍], neighbors/next-door neighbors/related work units/colleagues doing related work
        
        ZuǒZhuàn, [左傳], Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chūn qiū], e...
        
        ZuǒSī, Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
        pángménzuǒdào, [旁門左道], dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion/dissident group
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

        zhīchí, to be in favor of/to support/to back/support/backing/to stand by/CL:個|个[gè]
        Zhī/zhī, surname Zhi, to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw mon...
        zhīpiào, check (bank)/cheque/CL:本[běn]
        zhīyuán, to provide assistance/to support/to back
        zhīfù, to pay (money)
        qiāngzhī, [槍支], a gun/guns in general
        zhīchēng, [支撐], to prop up/to support/strut/brace
        zhīdiǎn, [支點], fulcrum (for a lever)
        zhīpèi, to control/to dominate/to allocate
        zhīchízhě, supporter
        kāizhī, [開支], expenditures/expenses/CL:筆|笔[bǐ], 項|项[xiàng]/to spend money/(coll.) to pay wages
        zhīzhù, mainstay/pillar/prop/backbone
        zhīchū, to spend/to pay out/expense
        zhījià, trestle/support/frame/to prop sth up
        fēnzhī, branch (of company, river etc)/to branch/to diverge/to ramify/to subdivide
        zhīlípòsuì, [支離破碎], scattered and smashed (idiom)
        tòuzhī, (bank) overdraft
        zhīchílǜ, support level/popularity rating
        yùzhī, [預支], to pay in advance/to get payment in advance
        shōuzhī, cash flow/financial balance/income and expenditure
簿         zhīpiàobù, checkbook (banking)
        zhīqìguǎn, [支氣管], bronchial tube/bronchus
        
        zhīqìguǎnyán, [支氣管炎], bronchitis
        
线         zhīxiàn, [支線], branch line/side road/spur/fig. secondary plot (in a story)
        zhīliú, tributary (river)
        chāozhī, to overspend
        zhīháng, subbranch of a bank
        
        zhīduì, [支隊], detachment (of troops)
        zhīzhīwúwú, to hem and haw/to stall/to stammer/to mumble/to falter
        lèbùkězhī, [樂不可支], overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
        Zhīnà, phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally cons...
        zhīpèiquán, [支配權], authority to dispose of sth
        zhīwú/zhīwu, to resist/to deal with, to respond evasively or vaguely/to elude/to stall
        zhījiě, variant of 肢解[zhī jiě]
使         zhīshǐ, to order (sb) around/to send on an errand/to order away
        
        
        
        
        
        zhīdiàn, branch store
        
        Bǐlùzhī, Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
        zhīqián, to support the front (military)
        
        
        zhīxì, branch or subdivision of a family
        
        
        zhībù, branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
        

        yòu, right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)
        zuǒyòu, left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence
        yòubian, [右邊], right side/right, to the right
        yòushǒu, right hand/right-hand side
        yòucè, [右側], right side
        zuòyòumíng, [座右銘], motto/maxim
        yòuyì, the right flank/(politically) right-wing
        yòumiàn, right side
        zuǒyòushǒu, left and right hands/(fig.) capable assistant/right-hand man
        
        
        
        
        yòufāng, right-hand side
        
        
        zuǒyòukāigōng, [左右開弓], lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with...
        zuǒgùyòupàn, [左顧右盼], glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
        zuǒyòuféngyuán, lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)/fig. to turn everything into gold/to...
        
        
        zuǒlínyòushè, [左鄰右舍], neighbors/next-door neighbors/related work units/colleagues doing related work
        
        yòuqīng, [右傾], right-wing/reactionary/conservative/(PRC) rightist deviation
        yòupài, (political) right/right wing/rightist
        
        
        jíyòuyì, [極右翼], extreme right (politics)

        xiāngxíngjiànchù, [相形見絀], to pale by comparison (idiom)

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