(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
trad. 寧左勿右
Also written 寧左勿右【nìng zuǒ wù yòu】
Characters in this word
4宁
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old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
- Pinyin
- nìng
- Traditional
- 寕
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 25828 of 2500
左
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surname Zuo
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2677 of 2500
勿
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do not
- Pinyin
- wù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19127 of 2500
右
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(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
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2523 of 2500