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
(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom) / to swear a sacred oath
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
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)
able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) / also written 有守有為|有守有为[you3 shou3 you3 wei2]
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
