左 zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
左顾右盼
zuǒgùyòupàn
to look around anxiously or hesitantly
Characters in this word
顾 gù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 考试时他不断左顾右盼，老师马上注意到了他。 Kǎoshì shí tā búduàn zuǒgùyòupàn, lǎoshī mǎshàng zhùyì dào le tā. During the exam he kept looking around, and the teacher noticed him at once.
- 她第一次来这座城市，在路口左顾右盼，寻找公交车站。 Tā dì yī cì lái zhè zuò chéngshì, zài lùkǒu zuǒgùyòupàn, xúnzhǎo gōngjiāo chēzhàn. It was her first time in this city; she looked around at the intersection, searching for the bus stop.
- 进老板办公室之前，他在门口左顾右盼，显得很紧张。 Jìn lǎobǎn bàngōngshì zhīqián, tā zài ménkǒu zuǒgùyòupàn, xiǎnde hěn jǐnzhāng. Before entering the boss's office, he looked around nervously at the door, appearing very tense.
Related words
- 左 zuǒ left (side)
- 左边 zuǒbian left side, on the left
- 左右 zuǒyòu left and right; about
- 顾客 gùkè customer
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 不顾 búgù to ignore; despite
- 顾问 gùwèn adviser
- 回顾 huígù to look back on
- 顾 gù to attend to, to look after
- 只顾 zhǐgù to be only concerned with, to solely attend to
- 顾及 gùjí to take into account; to consider
- 顾虑 gùlǜ concern; misgiving; to worry about