| 左右开弓 |
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng |
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) |
| 左 |
Zuǒ |
surname Zuo |
| 左 |
zuǒ |
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐 |
| 左右 |
zuǒ yòu |
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence |
| 右 |
yòu |
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开弓 |
kāi gōng |
to draw a bow; to pull back a bowstring |
| 弓 |
Gōng |
surname Gong |
| 弓 |
gōng |
a bow (weapon) / CL:张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) |