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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 左右逢源
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 左右逢源 | zuǒ yòu féng yuán | - lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) - fig. to turn everything into gold - to have everything going one's way - to benefit from both sides |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 48,565 | 50,115 | 34,468 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 左 | zuǒ | - surname Zuo |
| 左 | zuǒ | - left - the Left (politics) - east - unorthodox - queer - wrong - differing - opposite - variant of 佐[zuo3] |
| 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 |
| 逢 | féng | - to meet by chance - to come across - (of a calendar event) to come along - (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) - to fawn upon |
| 源 | yuán | - root - source - origin |
Other Words Containing 左右逢源
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 左右逢源 | - | - | 48,565 | 50,115 | 34,468 |