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

to stop at this point / to end here / to call it a day

to be classified as

to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide

to go up in smoke; to vanish

to go up in smoke / to vanish

pleasure from helping others (idiom)

to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly

lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy

pleasure from helping others

demotion to commoner (idiom)

to make a conscious effort / to do something deliberately

buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)

to try one's best to do sth (idiom)

until now / so far

hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)

lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship

to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)

to come to nothing (idiom)

altruistic behavior

lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)