左宗棠
左宗棠 Zuǒ Zōng táng ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
- Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
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More words with these characters
左
- 左右 zuǒ yòu ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ zo2 jau6 left and right
- 左边左邊 zuǒ bian ㄗㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ zo2 bin1 left
- 左顾右盼左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ zo2 gu3 jau6 paan3 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
- 崇左 Chóng zuǒ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ sung4 zo2 see 崇左市[Chong2 zuo3 Shi4]
- 左上 zuǒ shàng ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ zo2 soeng6 upper left
- 左下 zuǒ xià ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ zo2 haa6 lower left
宗
- 大宗 dà zōng ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄥ daai6 zung1 large amount
- 宗教 zōng jiào ㄗㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄠˋ zung1 gaau3 religion
- 宗旨 zōng zhǐ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓˇ zung1 zi2 objective
- 正宗 zhèng zōng ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ zing3 zung1 orthodox school
- 祖宗 zǔ zōng ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ zou2 zung1 ancestor
- 世宗 Shì zōng ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄥ sai3 zung1 Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
棠
- 棠梨 táng lí ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄧˊ tong4 lei4 birch-leaved pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)
- 海棠 Hǎi táng ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ see 海棠區|海棠区[Hai3 tang2 Qu1]
- 海棠 hǎi táng ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
- 孙毓棠孫毓棠 Sūn Yù táng ㄙㄨㄣ ㄩˋ ㄊㄤˊ syun1 juk1 tong4 Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
- 海棠区海棠區 Hǎi táng Qū ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ ㄑㄩ Haitang, a district of Sanya City 三亞市|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4], Hainan
- 海棠形 hǎi táng xíng ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ quatrefoil (usually elongated)
Idioms with these characters
- 宁左勿右寧左勿右 nìng zuǒ wù yòu ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ning4 zo2 mat6 jau6 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
- 旁门左道旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ pong4 mun4 zo2 dou6 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
- 左膀右臂 zuǒ bǎng yòu bì ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄤˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄧˋ zo2 bong4 jau6 bei3 (idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
- 左道惑众左道惑眾 zuǒ dào huò zhòng ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ zo2 dou6 waak6 zung3 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
- 左顾右盼左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ zo2 gu3 jau6 paan3 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around