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
• 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
• 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
• 敢为人先(敢為人先) to dare to be first; to pioneer
• 为人作嫁(為人作嫁) to work for the advantage of someone else
• 不为人知(不為人知) not known to anyone; secret; unknown
• 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
• 为人师表(為人師表) to serve as a model for others; to be a worthy teacher
• 鲜为人知(鮮為人知) rarely known to anyone; almost unknown; secret to all but a few
• 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
• 神成为人(神成為人) God became man
• 好为人师(好為人師) to like to lecture others

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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
• 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent Garden of Stories 說苑 — 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
• 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign Xunzi 荀子 — 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