人为财死，鸟为食亡

人
人
为
為
财
財
死
死
，
，
,
鸟
鳥
为
為
食
食
亡
亡
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

Characters and words in 人为财死，鸟为食亡

人
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
人
人
为
為
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
为
為
wéi = w + ei2
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)
为
為
wèi = w + ei4
because of / for / to
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
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
爲
wèi = w + ei4
variant of 為|为[wei4]
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2]
财
財
cái = c + ai2
money / wealth / riches / property / valuables
死
sǐ = s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
鸟
鳥
diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
鸟
鳥
niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
食
shí = sh + Ø2
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
食
sì = s + Ø4
to feed (a person or animal)
亡
wáng = w + ang2
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
亡
亾
wáng = w + ang2
old variant of 亡[wang2]

Words with 人为财死，鸟为食亡

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