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左顾右盼

zuǒ gù yòu pàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 左顧右盼

左顾右盼 (zuǒ gù yòu pàn) means "glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 左顾右盼 means

1. glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

The characters in 左顾右盼

• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 盼pànto hope for; to long for; to expect

Example sentences

• 她左顾右盼。
  Tā zuǒgùyòupàn.
  She looked all around.

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