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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

为期wéi qī

(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)

为重wéi zhòng

to attach most importance to

为数不多wéi shù bù duō

not many / only a few

为首wéi shǒu

head / be headed by

为非作歹wéi fēi zuò dǎi

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom) / malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages

人为rén wéi

artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort

分为fēn wéi

to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide

颇为pō wéi

rather / quite

下不为例xià bù wéi lì

not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once

夷为平地yí wéi píng dì

to level / to raze to the ground

习以为常xí yǐ wéi cháng

accustomed to / used to

名为míng wéi

to be called / to be known as

融为一体róng wéi yī tǐ

to fuse together (idiom) / hypostatic union (religion)

有所作为yǒu suǒ zuò wéi

(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile / to make a positive contribution

混为一谈hùn wéi yī tán

to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle

大为dà wéi

very / greatly

据为己有jù wéi jǐ yǒu

(idiom) to illegally take possession of / to appropriate

叹为观止tàn wéi guān zhǐ

(idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection

沦为lún wéi

to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior)

左右为难zuǒ yòu wéi nán

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma

不足为奇bù zú wéi qí

not at all surprising (idiom)

先下手为强xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng

(idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand

相依为命xiāng yī wéi mìng

mutually dependent for life (idiom) / to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent

人满为患rén mǎn wéi huàn

packed with people / overcrowded / overpopulation

眼见为实yǎn jiàn wéi shí

seeing is believing

胡作非为hú zuò fēi wéi

to run amok (idiom) / to commit outrages

评为píng wéi

to elect as / to choose as / to consider as

先入为主xiān rù wéi zhǔ

(idiom) the first impression is the strongest / to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)

化为乌有huà wéi wū yǒu

(idiom) to go up in smoke / to vanish

尤为yóu wéi

especially

助人为乐zhù rén wéi lè

pleasure from helping others (idiom)

合而为一hé ér wéi yī

to merge together (idiom) / to unify disparate elements into one whole

较为jiào wéi

comparatively / relatively / fairly

化险为夷huà xiǎn wéi yí

to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert disaster

反败为胜fǎn bài wéi shèng

to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / to turn the tide

引以为荣yǐn yǐ wéi róng

to regard it as an honor (idiom)

无所作为wú suǒ zuò wéi

attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless

年轻有为nián qīng yǒu wéi

young and promising

见义勇为jiàn yì yǒng wéi

(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help / to take brave or selfless action

鲜为人知xiǎn wéi rén zhī

rarely known to anyone (idiom) / almost unknown / secret to all but a few

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