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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 左右开弓

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 38,057 67,489 57,118

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuǒ- surname Zuo
zuǒ- left
- the Left (politics)
- east
- unorthodox
- queer
- wrong
- differing
- opposite
- variant of 佐[zuo3]
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
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, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
gōng- surname Gong
gōng- a bow (weapon)
- CL:張|张[zhang1]
- to bend
- to arch (one's back etc)

Other Words Containing 左右开弓

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
左右开弓 - - 38,057 67,489 57,118