为
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
because of / for / to
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
为 character breakdown
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
力
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㇆
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丿
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Mnemonic symbol: a power button.
Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
Characters with 为 as component
false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]
Words with 为
not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]
There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject
not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)