Character #327: 左 zuǒ
2 Lessons
Make a Movie 左
KEYWORD:
Left
Pinyin:
zuǒ
Actor:
zu- Fictional Character
Set:
-o
Room within Set:
Bedroom or Living Room
Prop(s):
𠂇 Holster
工 I-Beam
Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020
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Mason Royal
Zoolander (zu) is at my -o set in the living room. Everyone at the fashion show has been waiting for his walk. He emerges in his worker outfit and is wearing an oversized holster (𠂇) stuffed with an I-Beam (工).
He's really been practicing for this one. "Magnum" is showing on his face. He gets to the end of his walk. He pauses. Can he do it? Slowly he starts to do it. The crowd gets completely silent in anticipation...
He does it! He turns left!Kate Gans
Love this one - I had to borrow it. My Zu actor is a zombie 🧟♀️!
Rick Angleland
My zu character is in my local swiming pool (-o), holding an ibeam in her left hand, trying to stuff it in the holster on her left side, (while her right arm is out of view underwater trying to swim).
MB Team
This is where Luke & Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLwYVMRfNY&t=4240s
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PHASE 2 (Levels 7-12)
- Understanding Chinese Words - Morphemes
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PHASE 3 (Levels 13-20)
- The Basic Chinese Sentence
- Helper - Expressing Possession with 的
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- Helper - Completed Actions with 了
- Helper - Change of State with 了
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- Connector - Saying 'But' with 但是 - 可是 - 不过
- Connector - Reasons & Actions with 因为..., 所以...
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- “How Does What" - Adverbs of Denial
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PHASE 4 (Levels 21-30)
Level 21
- Transferring Money by Smartphone or Bank
- Walk in the Park?! I Have 汉字 to Study!
- Who Determine's a Baby's Looks, Mom or Dad?
Level 22
- How Many Pages of the Book Have You Read?
- Many People Don't Want to Have Babies
- My Girlfriend Can Really Eat!
- What Do You Like to Do?
- What Method Works for Learning Chinese?
Level 23
- Eating Bread
- I Met My Girlfriend in the Park
- Something is Different About My Dog Lately
- The Older Brother is Better Than the Younger Brother
- The Right and Left Side of the Office
- Three Meals a Day
Level 24
- Annoying People
- Breaking Up at the End of the Date
- Going on a Date
- My Two Friends and I
- Overtime at Work
- Red Packets
- Two People in a Relationship
Level 25
- I Want to Find a Boyfriend Too
- My Dad and I
- My Dog Chouchou
- The Big Changes of China
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- Xiaomei and Her Boyfriend's Day
Level 26
Level 27
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- Can I Still Learn Chinese Anymore?
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Level 28
- Daughter & Mother
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- Study, Work & Life
- What's More Important, Looks, or Ability?
Level 29
- Advertisements
- Buying Tickets at Chinese New Year
- Everybody Restaurant
- How Does One Progress
- Son is Out of Control
Level 30
- Cars, Bicycles & Trains
- Potatoes & Beef
- Two Ladies Compare Who's Got it Better
- Young People Raising Cats and Dogs
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Melissa Niesen 😊🤝 倪茉莉
Princess Zelda (zu-) is in my office (-o) trying to open a file cabinet drawer. Then she notices there is a bolt holding it shut. She can't turn it by hand, so calls a worker (工) over to open it. The worker pulls a wrench out of a holster (𠂇) on her hip and tries to loosen the bolt. Her first attempt of turning the wrench right doesn't work, since "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey" applies to this bolt, so she shakes her head and turns the bolt left (左), successfully removing the bolt and allowing Zelda into the file cabinet.
Gregory Savage
Zorro(Zu) in Grandma Bacon's Living room (O) comes in wearing a holster.(hey Zorro, you don't use a gun!). He slaps leather and pulls out an I beam. He proceeds to build a kindergarten with his left hand. You no good sword-toting lefty. The beam is in his left hand while the sword is in his right fighting off Don Rafael Montero. (Yep the bad guy in the 1998 movie anyway)
Alex Heslop
Zorro is in the living room of my aunt and uncle's house (in the nOrth) doing some training for fighting. He always uses his right hand for his sword, but in this modern age he needs to carry a gun, and his LEFT arm isn't strong enough. So, he's doing bicep curls with the dumbbell (工) only with his left arm, to make sure he's ready to fight!
Nick Sims (戴燚）
电影：左 Zeus (zu-) is in the bathroom (4th tone) at Wyoming Church (-o) listening patiently to Thor and Loki have a fight. After some time he draws an I-Beam (工) from a holster (𠂇) from his side and suggests one of you is wrong. Zeus looks right at Thor, you are correct my son. He quickly swats Loki with the I-Beam to the head as he looks LEFT. You were wrong unfortunately, and he LEFT Loki unconscious knocked out.