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A:Qĭngwèn , diàntī zài nǎlǐ ?

A:请问,电梯在哪里?

B:qiánmiàn ( wǎng ) zuǒ guǎi 。

B:前面(往)左拐。

A: xièxiè 。

A:谢谢。

Words:

电梯diàntī:lift; elevator
前面qiánmiàn:front
往wǎng:towards
左zuǒ:left
拐guǎi:to turn

Grammar:

1, 'turn left/right at somewhere' in Chinese is said in this way: somewhere (n. only) + towards + left/right + to turn. For example:
这里往左拐。
电影院门口往右拐。
Note the second sentence we say 电影院门口, which literally means 'cinema doorway', most time when you want to say it's 'in front of somewhere's gate/door' ,"门口" is a quite essential work you have to use, more examples:
李红在学校门口。(compare  to 李红在学校。)
出租车在商店门口。
银行门口往左拐。

2, Today's characters are: 电、梯、往、左

梯:木 + 弟
往:彳 + 主