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 accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
What can you have against it? (idiom) / We should do this. / Go for it!
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities