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

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

Character component without intrinsic meaning

not known to anyone / secret / unknown

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

to remain unmoved

not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to

can still be considered (to be...) / may after all be accepted as

to get sth off one's chest

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]

not to mind / unconcerned

nonfeasance / omission (law)

There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])

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

once is more than enough (idiom)

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)

(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