be in a dilemma ⇒ 去也不好,不去也不好,真让我左右为难。 Qù yě bù hǎo, bù qù yě bù hǎo, zhēn ràng wǒ zuǒ yòu wéi nán. → It's a problem if I go, but also a problem if I don't — I'm in a real dilemma.
左右开弓
use each hand alternately ⇒ 他左右开弓凌空射门。 Tā zuǒ yòu kāi gōng língkōng shèmén. → He shot first with his right foot and then with his left.
左右逢源
succeed regardless
左顾右盼
look around
左 ... 右 ...
again and again ⇒ 我左一句右一句地劝他别辞职。 Wǒ zuǒ yī jù yòu yī jù de quàn tā bié cízhí. → I tried again and again to persuade him not to give up his job.
English translation of '左右'
左右
(zuǒyòu)
名
(= 左和右) left and right
⇒ 他左右各站一名保镖。 (Tā zuǒyòu gè zhàn yī míng bǎobiāo.) Bodyguards stood to his left and right.
(= 跟随者) attendants pl
(= 上下)
⇒ 他身高1点75米左右。 (Tā shēngāo yī diǎn qī wǔ mǐ zuǒyòu.) He is about 1.75 metres (英) 或 meters (美) tall.
动
control
⇒ 左右政局 (zuǒyòu zhèngjú) control the political situation