zuǒ yòu kāi gōng

Traditional: 左右開弓

左右开弓 (zuǒ yòu kāi gōng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom); fig. to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4to use both feet equally (football)

Characters in 左右开弓

左zuǒ · left右yòu · (bound form) right; right-hand side开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)弓gōng · a bow (weapon)

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)左left左surname Zuo右(bound form) right; right-hand side

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