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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

坐zuò

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit

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坐Zuò

surname Zuo

坐下zuò xia

to sit down

坐牢zuò láo

to be imprisoned

坐标zuò biāo

(geometry) coordinate / (fig.) point of reference / frame of reference / guidepost

乘坐chéng zuò

to take (a ship, plane etc) / to ride (in a train or other vehicle)

坐以待毙zuò yǐ dài bì

to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate

坐立不安zuò lì bù ān

lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety

坐等zuò děng

to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive / to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)

坐骑zuò qí

saddle horse / mount

坐垫zuò diàn

cushion / (motorbike) seat / CL:塊|块[kuài]

坐落zuò luò

to be situated / to be located (of a building)

坐冷板凳zuò lěng bǎn dèng

to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels

坐姿zuò zī

sitting posture

坐享其成zuò xiǎng qí chéng

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

坐骨神经zuò gǔ shén jīng

sciatic nerve

静坐jìng zuò

to sit quietly / to meditate / to stage a sit-in

仰卧起坐yǎng wò qǐ zuò

sit-up (physical exercise)

如坐针毡rú zuò zhēn zhān

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

闲坐xián zuò

to sit around / to sit idly

平起平坐píng qǐ píng zuò

to be on an equal footing

端坐duān zuò

to sit upright

后坐hòu zuò

recoil (of a firearm)

后坐力hòu zuò lì

recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force

坐不垂堂zuò bù chuí táng

lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger

坐井观天zuò jǐng guān tiān

lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded

坐享zuò xiǎng

to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger / to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances)

坐便器zuò biàn qì

pedestal type WC

坐像zuò xiàng

seated image (of a Buddha or saint)

坐力zuò lì

see 後坐力|后坐力[hòu zuò lì]

坐化zuò huà

to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)

坐台小姐zuò tái xiǎo jiě

bar girl / professional escort

坐吃享福zuò chī xiǎng fú

vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful

坐吃山空zuò chī shān kōng

lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

坐商zuò shāng

tradesman / shopkeeper

坐地起价zuò dì qǐ jià

to opportunistically raise the price

坐墩zuò dūn

Chinese drum-shaped stool

坐大zuò dà

(derog.) to become powerful or influential

坐失zuò shī

to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity

坐失机宜zuò shī jī yí

to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance

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