左邻右舍 in English zuo3 lin2 you4 she4 Meaning

Meanings

  • neighbors
  • next-door neighbors
  • related work units
  • colleagues doing related work

Simplified Characters

左 邻 右 舍

Traditional Characters

左 鄰 右 舍

Pinyin

zuo3 lin2 you4 she4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

左zuo3surname Zuo 邻lin2neighbor 右you4right (-hand) 舍she3to give up