为 (爲) wèi
preposition
because of / for / to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 爲; A variant of 為｜为 (Unihan '爲')
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- 转危为安(轉危為安) to turn peril into safety / to avert a danger
- 行为(行為) actions / conduct / behavior
- 化腐朽为神奇(化腐朽為神奇) to change something rotten into something magical
- 知其不可而为之(知其不可而為之) to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible
- 不失为(不失為) can still be considered (to be...) / may after all be accepted as
- 恣意妄为(恣意妄為) unbridled reckless behavior
- 逼良为娼(逼良為娼) to force an honest girl into prostitution / to debauch
- 为蛇画足(為蛇畫足) to draw legs on a snake / to overdo it
- 胆大妄为(膽大妄為) daring / presumptuous / daredevil
- 转悲为喜(轉悲為喜) to turn grief into happiness
- 为啥(為啥) dialectal why
- 为毛(為毛) why?
- 不以为然(不以為然) not to accept as correct / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
- 为政(為政) for governing
- 视为畏途(視為畏途) to view as dangerous / afraid to do
- 养虎为患(養虎為患) to nurture a tiger invites calamity / to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble
- 较为(較為) comparatively / relatively / fairly / slightly
- 到_为止_(到_為止_) up to
- 名为(名為) to be called
- 为蛇添足(為蛇添足) to add legs to a [drawing of a] snake / to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous / to overdo it
- 更为(更為) even more
- 海盗行为(海盜行為) piracy
- 少说为佳(少說為佳) Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
- 互为因果(互為因果) mutually related karma / fates are intertwined / interdependent
- 为止(為止) until / up to
- 犯罪行为(犯罪行為) criminal activity
- 尽力而为(盡力而為) to try one's utmost / to strive
- 颇为(頗為) rather / quite
- 为例(為例) as an example
- 昔为倡家女(昔為倡家女) once she was a dancing-house girl
- 不为左右袒(不為左右袒) to remain neutral in a quarrel
- 如天之为(如天之為) like the conduct of heaven
- 为一国主(為一國主) the ruler of one state
- 化整为零(化整為零) to break up the whole into pieces / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
- 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
- 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct / all of a person's deeds
- 化繁为简(化繁為簡) making what is complex simple
- 为己任(為己任) to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
- 极为(極為) extremely / exceedingly
- 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse / deliberate misrepresentation
- 为着(為著) in order to / because of / for the sake of
- 变为(變為) to change into / to become
- 画地为牢(畫地為牢) to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground
- 无所不为(無所不為) not stopping at anything / all manner of evil
- 眼见为实，耳听为虚(眼見為實，耳聽為虛) to believe what one sees, not what one hears . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
- 无以为报(無以為報) unable to return the favor
- 反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
- 化敌为友(化敵為友) to convert an enemy into a friend
- 特为(特為) for a specific purpose / specially
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