宁左勿右
nìng​zuǒ​wù​yòu

prefer Left to Right

  • created sense approved 宁左勿右/寧左勿右 · nìng​zuǒ​wù​yòu · prefer Left to Right — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁左勿右 / 寧左勿右

    nìng​zuǒ​wù​yòu

    prefer Left to Right

    (idiom) to prefer to be politically Left rather than Right; a mindset particularly common during the Cultural Revolution where being ideologically radical was seen as safer than being moderate or conservative.conservative

    宁 (literal) → 宁/寧 · nìng · would rather 左 (literal) → 左 · zuǒ · politically left 勿 (literal) → 勿 · wù · not 右 (literal) → 右 · yòu · conservative

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense