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不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
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to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
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不为已甚
bù wéi yǐ shèn
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refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment;
not be too hard on subject
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不为酒困
bù wéi jiǔ kùn
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not a slave to the bottle;
able to enjoy alcohol in moderation;
able to hold one's drink
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不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
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no use to tell others;
let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
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不足为虑
bù zú wéi lǜ
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to give no cause for anxiety;
nothing to worry about
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不足为训
bù zú wéi xùn
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not to be taken as an example;
not an example to be followed;
not to be taken as authoritative
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不足为道
bù zú wéi dào
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to be not worth mentioning
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互为因果
hù wéi yīn guǒ
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mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined;
interdependent
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人不为己，天诛地灭
rén bù wèi jǐ ， tiān zhū dì miè
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Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.;
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
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人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ ， wǒ wéi yú ròu
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lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom);
fig. to be at sb's mercy
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人为土
rén wéi tǔ
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Anthrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
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人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ ， niǎo wèi shí wáng
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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
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以人为本
yǐ rén wéi běn
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people-oriented
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以和为贵
yǐ hé wéi guì
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harmony is to be prized
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以慎为键
yǐ shèn wéi jiàn
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to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
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以此为
yǐ cǐ wéi
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to regard as;
to treat as
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以邻为壑
yǐ lín wéi hè
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to use one's neighbor as a drain;
to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
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占为己有
zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu
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to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
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侵权行为
qīn quán xíng wéi
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tort;
infringement (of sb's rights)
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信以为真
xìn yǐ wéi zhēn
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to take sth to be true
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倒果为因
dào guǒ wéi yīn
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to reverse cause and effect;
to put the horse before the cart
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做为
zuò wéi
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to act as;
used erroneously for 作為|作为
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偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
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to do sth once in a while (idiom);
to do sth more as an exception than the rule
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入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
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buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
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利他行为
lì tā xíng wéi
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altruistic behavior
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