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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.

一日为师,终身为父yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

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

一言为定yī yán wéi dìng

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

一言为重yī yán wéi zhòng

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

三十六计,走为上策sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè

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

三十六计,走为上计sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng jì

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]

三折肱为良医sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī

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

不以为意bù yǐ wéi yì

not to mind / unconcerned

不作为bù zuò wéi

nonfeasance / omission (law)

不孝有三,无后为大bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà

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

不为左右袒bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn

to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

不为已甚bù wéi yǐ shèn

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

不为过bù wéi guò

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

不为酒困bù wéi jiǔ kùn

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

不足为外人道bù zú wèi wài rén dào

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

不足为怪bù zú wéi guài

not at all surprising (idiom)

不足为虑bù zú wéi lǜ

to give no cause for anxiety / nothing to worry about

不足为训bù zú wéi xùn

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

不足为道bù zú wéi dào

to be not worth mentioning

事在人为shì zài rén wéi

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

互为因果hù wéi yīn guǒ

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

人不为己,天诛地灭rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

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

人为刀俎,我为鱼肉rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu

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

人为土rén wéi tǔ

anthrosol (soil taxonomy)

人为财死,鸟为食亡rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng

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

代为dài wéi

to do sth on behalf of sb else

以人为本yǐ rén wéi běn

people-oriented

以史为鉴yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn

to learn from history (idiom)

以和为贵yǐ hé wéi guì

harmony is to be prized

以慎为键yǐ shèn wéi jiàn

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

以此为yǐ cǐ wéi

to regard as / to treat as

以邻为壑yǐ lín wéi hè

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

占为己有zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

何乐不为hé lè bù wéi

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

何为hé wéi

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

侵权行为qīn quán xíng wéi

tort / infringement (of sb's rights)

信以为真xìn yǐ wéi zhēn

to take sth to be true

倒果为因dào guǒ wéi yīn

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

做为zuò wéi

to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为

偶一为之ǒu yī wéi zhī

to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule

先睹为快xiān dǔ wéi kuài

(idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy)

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