Help
For Companies
For Schools
App
Android
iOS
Support
Login
Sign Up
Search
右首
yòu shǒu
Pinyin
Definition
右首
-
yòu shǒu
right-hand side
Character Decomposition
右
𠂇
口
首
首
Related Words
(20)
左右
zuǒ yòu
1
left and right
2
nearby
3
approximately
4
attendant
5
to control
6
to influence
首
shǒu
1
head
2
chief
3
first (occasion, thing etc)
4
classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
1
home page (of a website)
2
title page
3
front page
4
first page
5
fig. beginning
6
cover letter
右
yòu
1
right (-hand)
2
the Right (politics)
3
west (old)
右侧
yòu cè
1
right side
右手
yòu shǒu
1
right hand
2
right-hand side
右边
yòu bian
1
right side
2
right, to the right
回首
huí shǒu
1
to turn around
2
to look back
3
to recollect
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
1
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
2
fig. to turn everything into gold
3
to have everything going one's way
4
to benefit from both sides
榜首
bǎng shǒu
1
top of the list
聚首
jù shǒu
1
to gather
2
to meet
首先
shǒu xiān
1
first (of all)
2
in the first place
首席
shǒu xí
1
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
首映
shǒu yìng
1
to premiere (a movie or TV show)
2
premiere (of a movie)
3
first-run (movie)
4
to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
首次
shǒu cì
1
first
2
first time
3
for the first time
首尔
Shǒu ěr
1
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Hàn chéng])
首发
shǒu fā
1
first issue
2
first public showing
首相
shǒu xiàng
1
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首要
shǒu yào
1
the most important
2
of chief importance
首选
shǒu xuǎn
1
first choice
2
premium
3
to come first in the imperial examinations
Idioms
(20)
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
1
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
1
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
1
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
2
at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
1
to bow before (idiom)
2
to capitulate
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
1
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
1
dilemma
2
quandary
3
Scylla and Charybdis
4
between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
1
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
2
fig. to turn everything into gold
3
to have everything going one's way
4
to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
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)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
1
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
2
to ponder
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
1
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
1
to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
1
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
2
in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
1
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
2
to strut
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
1
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
2
to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
1
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
2
afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
1
bitter and hateful (idiom)
2
to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
1
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
1
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
1
main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
2
fig. main cause of a disaster
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
1
criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
2
fig. main cause of a disaster
Sample Sentences