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左右開弓

简 左右开弓 · 繁 左右開弓
Mandarin · pinyin zuǒ yòu kāi gōng

Meanings

  1. lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. to use both feet equally (football)
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左
zuǒ · left; east; unorthodox, improper
右
yòu · right; west; right-wing
開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
弓
gōng · bow; curved, arched; Kangxi radical 57
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
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3–4–1–1 · zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zo2 jau6 hoi1 gung1

Cantonese word readings for 左右開弓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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左右開弓 · zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1
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Exact source record左右開弓 左右开弓 [zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1] /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)/