- 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)
Characters
- 左 (左): surname Zuo
- 右 (右): (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 开 (開): to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 弓 (弓): surname Gong
Resources
- Wiktionary: 左右开弓
- MDBG: 左右开弓
- Examples with 左右开弓 on Tatoeba
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