Results for “為”

to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)

to consider sth regrettable (idiom)

to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)

sexual obsession

to behave unscrupulously

mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) / the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion

lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong

see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]

to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)

what one does / doings

(idiom) to get into the black / to become profitable

to acknowledge as one's teacher

to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)

making a deer out to be a horse (idiom) / deliberate misrepresentation

to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) / to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism

to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited

(idiom) to stop at nothing / to dare to do anything

to dare to do

to dare to be first / to pioneer (idiom)

there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

promising / to show promise

able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) / also written 有守有為|有守有为[yǒu shǒu yǒu wéi]

to conspire / to gang up

to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom) / to swear a sacred oath

to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step

to liken to / to compare to

Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second

piracy

unable to return the favor

no way to get by

not stopping at anything / all manner of evil

the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire

the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)

for a specific purpose / specially

criminal activity

it is not too late (idiom)

a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wáng Wéi])

very / extremely