Results for “为”

one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)

to get sth off one's chest

(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever / students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers

(idiom) it's a deal / that's settled then

each word carries weight / a promise must be kept (idiom)

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave

see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom) / (fig.) experience is a good teacher

not to mind / unconcerned

nonfeasance / omission (law)

there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ])

to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject

not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark

not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink

(idiom) no need to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves / also pr. [bùzú wéi wàirén dào]

not at all surprising (idiom)

to give no cause for anxiety / nothing to worry about

not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative

to be not worth mentioning

the matter depends on the individual (idiom) / it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.

mutually related karma (idiom) / fates are intertwined / interdependent

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / (fig.) to be at sb's mercy

anthrosol (soil taxonomy)

lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

to do sth on behalf of sb else

people-oriented

to learn from history (idiom)

harmony is to be prized

to take caution as the key (idiom) / to proceed very carefully

to regard as / to treat as

to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)

what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use

tort / infringement (of sb's rights)

to take sth to be true

to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart

to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为