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)
trad. 左右開弓
Also written 左右開弓【zuǒ yòu kāi gōng】
Characters in this word
4左
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surname Zuo
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2677 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
开
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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[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500
弓
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surname Gong
- Pinyin
- Gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15140 of 2500