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HSK
because / owing to / on account of
HSK 2
to become; to turn into
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *为* | 为* | *为
because of / for / to
HSK 2
action / conduct / behavior / activity
HSK 2
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
HSK 2
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *为* | 为* | *为
variant of 為|为
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *为* | 为* | *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)
HSK 3
to change into
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *为* | 为* | *为
variant of 為|为
HSK 3
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
HSK 3
to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
HSK 4
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
HSK 4
to be classified as
HSK 4
to view as / to see as / to consider to be / to deem
HSK 5
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
HSK 7-9
especially
HSK 7-9
to change into
HSK 7-9
extremely; exceedingly
HSK 7-9
with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing
HSK 7-9
one's conduct and deeds
HSK 7-9
attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive / feckless
HSK 7-9
Huawei (brand)
rather / quite
even more
what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
(old) why
Qianwei county in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
to elect as / to choose as / to consider as
(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
to call it... / known as...
the most
(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
widely
for a specific purpose / specially
to take rash action
to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior)
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
very / extremely
to do sth on behalf of sb else
to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
unaccomplished / mediocre / feckless
slightly
daring / presumptuous / daredevil
young and promising
(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
see 蔚成
not stopping at anything / all manner of evil
to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为
piracy
to be called / to be known as
what one does / doings
denoted by
to combine
Save As ... (menu option in a software application)
promising / to show promise
in the capacity of / as
Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
to be considered to be / to be defined to be / to be called
Wuwei, a county-level city in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖, Anhui
the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire
sexual behavior
what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
to liken to / to compare to
(idiom) to stop at nothing; to dare to do anything
altruistic behavior
business activity / commercial activity
can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
premarital sex
to dare to do
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
nonfeasance / omission (law)
to regard as / to treat as
(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
tort; infringement (of sb's rights)
to try one's best to do sth (idiom)
antisocial behavior
very / greatly
sexual obsession
to behave unscrupulously
criminal activity
to prove one's worth through firm resolve (idiom)
to try one's utmost / to strive
collectively known as / to call sth as a group
foraging
to do sth oneself
comparatively / relatively / fairly
to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth


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