Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "为" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "为" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
wèi、 wéi
Definition
act as / take...to be / to be / to do / to serve as / to become, because of / for / to
(idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection
dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5]
attributed to / be due to
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
to level / to raze to the ground
not at all surprising (idiom)
daring / presumptuous / daredevil
see 恣意妄為|恣意妄为[zi4 yi4 wang4 wei2]
to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom) / to debauch
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly
turn waste into wealth / change waste material into things of value / recycle waste material / upcycle
damage / do harm / be mischievous
too early / time is not yet ripe
to take for one's own / to expropriate
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
packed with people / overcrowded / overpopulation
die for one's country / die for the sake of the country / lay down one's life for one's country
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)