What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 左右 mean?

左右 zuǒyòu

left and right; both sides

It can also mean

  • about; approximately (as in 三点左右)
  • to influence; to control
  • (literary) attendants; those close to someone

Its characters

  1. 左 zuǒ left
  2. 右 yòu right (side)

In a sentence

过马路要先看左右。 Look left and right before crossing the street.

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