为人 (為人) wéirén

1. wéirén noun behavior; personal conduct
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '為人'; Guoyu '為人' 2)
2. wéirén noun a person's external appearance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 人的外表 (Guoyu '為人' 1)
3. wéirén verb to be human
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '為人' 3)
4. wéirén verb to have sexual intercourse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '為人' 4)

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• 为人者天(為人者天) people were created by heaven
• 神成为人(神成為人) God became man
• 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
• 为人作嫁(為人作嫁) to work for the advantage of someone else
• 为人师表(為人師表) to serve as a model for others; to be a worthy teacher
• 敢为人先(敢為人先) to dare to be first; to pioneer
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人(有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人) one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man
• 好为人师(好為人師) to like to lecture others
• 毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事(毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事) Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
• 不为人知(不為人知) not known to anyone; secret; unknown
• 鲜为人知(鮮為人知) rarely known to anyone; almost unknown; secret to all but a few
• 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人(吃得苦中苦，方為人上人) one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations

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• 卷一百九十一 列傳第七十九 毛澄 汪俊 吳一鵬 朱希周 何孟春 豐熙 徐文華 薛蕙 Volume 191 Biographies 79: Mao Cheng, Wang Jun, Wu Yipeng, Zhu Xizhou, He Mengchun, Feng Xi, Xu Wenhua, Xue Hui History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
• 卷一百九十六 列傳第八十四 張璁 桂萼 方獻夫 夏言 Volume 196 Biographies 84: Zhang Cong, Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Xia Yan History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
• 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I Guanzi 管子 — count: 13
• 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di Guanzi 管子 — count: 13
• 卷一 海外南經 Chapter 1: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - South Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 12
• 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 11
• 卷二十　　　　　志第十　　　　禮樂十 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 11
• 卷六 服制像第十四 二端第十五 符瑞第十六 俞序第十七 離合根第十八 立元神第十九 保位權第二十　Scroll 6 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 10
• 卷四 海外東經 Chapter 4: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - East Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 9
• 卷四十七 雜傳第三十五: 華溫琪 萇從簡 張筠 楊彥詢 李周 劉處讓 李承約 張希崇 相里金 張廷蘊 馬全節 皇甫遇 安彥威 李瓊 劉景巖 Volume 47 Miscellaneous Biographies 27: Hua Wenqi, Chang Congjian, Zhang Yun, Yang Yanxun, Li Zhou, Liu Churang, Li Chengyue, Zhang Xichong, Xiang Lijin, Zhang Tingyun, Ma Quanjie, Huang Fuyu, An Yanwei, Li Qiong, Liu Jingyan New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 9

Collocations

• 为人臣 (為人臣) 男為人臣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 64
• 为人君 (為人君) 且既為人君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 30
• 为人子 (為人子) 為人子者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 19
• 为人上 (為人上) 為人上者 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 16
• 为人后者 (為人後者) 為人後者為之子也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 为人主 (為人主) 故為人主者 — Guanzi 管子, 任法第四十五 Chapter 45: Appointment Methods — count: 10
• 夫为人 (夫為人) 夫為人子者 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 9
• 请问为人 (請問為人) 請問為人君 — Xunzi 荀子, 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign — count: 8
• 为人笑 (為人笑) 必為人笑 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 7
• 为人父 (為人父) 然後可以為人父 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 7