为 (為) wèi
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wèi
preposition
for; to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Cause 原因
Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 cons; NCCED '为' wèi 2) -
wèi
preposition
because of
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 co 1; NCCED '为' wèi 4) -
wéi
verb
to act as; to serve
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 2; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 2) -
wéi
verb
to change into; to become
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 3; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 3) -
wéi
verb
to be; is
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: A copula in literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 20) -
wéi
verb
to do
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 1; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 1) -
wèi
preposition
for
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED '为' wèi 3) -
wèi
preposition
because of; for; to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 爲; A variant of 為|为 (Unihan '爲') -
wèi
preposition
to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '为' wèi 5) -
wéi
preposition
in a passive construction
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED 2 '为' wéi) -
wéi
particle
forming a rehetorical question
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED 3 '为' wéi) -
wéi
suffix
forming an adverb
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: After a single character adjective (ABC 'wéi' 为 s 1; NCCED 4 '为' wéi 1) -
wéi
suffix
to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: After a single character adjective (ABC 'wéi' 为 s 2; NCCED 4 '为' wéi 1) -
wèi
verb
to support; to help
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 v 1; NCCED '为' wèi 1) -
wéi
verb
to govern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 4)
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- 为政(為政) for governing
- 中国为礼(中國為禮) the Central States should perform the appropriate ceremonies
- 为重(為重) to attach most importance to
- 行为能力(行為能力) capacity; capacity of disposition
- 不为人知(不為人知) not known to anyone; secret; unknown
- 叹为观止(嘆為觀止) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection
- 为难(為難) to make things difficult for ; to be embarrassed about
- 无以为生(無以為生) no way to get by
- 何乐不为(何樂不為) why be willing to do something?
- 为准(為準) to serve as the norm; ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
- 走为上策(走為上策) a plan if all else fails; a plan for retreat
- 转败为胜(轉敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory; snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
- 互为因果(互為因果) mutually related karma; fates are intertwined; interdependent
- 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct; all of a person's deeds
- 正当行为(正當行為) proper behavior
- 士为知己者死,女为悦己者容(士為知己者死,女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
- 犹未为晚(猶未為晚) it is not too late
- 年轻有为(年輕有為) young and promising
- 转危为安(轉危為安) to turn peril into safety; to avert a danger
- 为富不仁,为仁不富(為富不仁,為仁不富) the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
- 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
- 宽大为怀(寬大為懷) magnanimous ; generous
- 敢作敢为(敢作敢為) to stop at nothing ; to dare to do anything
- 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
- 慈悲为本(慈悲為本) mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
- 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
- 昔为倡家女(昔為倡家女) once she was a dancing-house girl
- 以慎为键(以慎為鍵) to take caution as the key; to proceed very carefully
- 奉为楷模(奉為楷模) to present as an example
- 莫大于无为(莫大於無為) there is nothing greater than nonaction
- 不以为意(不以為意) not to mind; unconcerned
- 以人为本(以人為本) people-oriented
- 为所欲为(為所欲為) to do whatever one desires
- 合众为一(合眾為一) united as one; e pluribus unum
- 记为(記為) denoted by
- 天下为一(天下為一) to unite the nation
- 无以为报(無以為報) unable to return the favor
- 混为一谈(混為一談) to confuse one thing with another; to muddle
- 一分为二(一分為二) to divide one into two; there are two sides to everything
- 行为主义(行為主義) behaviorism
- 曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云(曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是雲) there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu
- 变为(變為) to change into; to become
- 废为君长(廢爲君長) reduced to tribal chiefs
- 户限为穿(戶限為穿) an endless stream of visitors
- 事在人为(事在人為) the matter depends on the individual; it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
- 先睹为快(先睹為快) joy of first experience; the pleasure of reading something for the first time
- 行为准则(行為準則) code of conduct; standard of conduct
- 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse; deliberate misrepresentation
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- 卷六十一 表第一 宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 353
- 卷十七下 本紀第十七下: 文宗下 Volume 17 Annals 17: Wenzong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 351
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 349
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 334
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 323
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 317
- 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 301
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 299
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 299
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 297