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婚前性行为
hūn qián xìng xíng wéi
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premarital sex
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孑孑为义
jié jié wéi yì
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petty favors
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察察为明
chá chá wéi míng
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keenly observant of trivial details
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宁为玉碎，不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì ， bù wéi wǎ quán
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Better broken jade than intact tile.;
Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
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宁为鸡头，不为凤尾
nìng wéi jī tóu ， bù wéi fèng wěi
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see 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾|宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[ning4 zuo4 ji1 tou2 , bu4 zuo4 feng4 wei3]
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宽大为怀
kuān dà wéi huái
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magnanimous (idiom);
generous
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少说为佳
shǎo shuō wéi jiā
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Few words are best.;
Brevity is the soul of wit.
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巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
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The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
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康有为
kāng yǒu wéi
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Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
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引以为傲
yǐn yǐ wéi ào
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to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
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引以为憾
yǐn yǐ wéi hàn
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to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
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强迫性性行为
qiǎng pò xìng xìng xíng wéi
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sexual obsession
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慈悲为本
cí bēi wéi běn
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mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
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成则为王，败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng ， bài zé wéi kòu
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lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom);
fig. losers are always in the wrong
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成者为王，败者为寇
chéng zhě wéi wáng ， bài zhě wéi kòu
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see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
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户限为穿
hù xiàn wèi chuān
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an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
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所为
suǒ wéi
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what one does;
doings
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拜人为师
bài rén wéi shī
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to acknowledge as one's teacher
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指鹿为马
zhǐ lù wéi mǎ
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making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
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舍己为公
shě jǐ wèi gōng
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to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically;
selfless and public spirited
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敢为
gǎn wéi
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to dare to do
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曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ ， chú què wū shān bù shì yún
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there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom);
one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
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有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ ， yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
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one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
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有为有守
yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu
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able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom);
also written 有守有為|有守有为[you3 shou3 you3 wei2]
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朋比为奸
péng bǐ wéi jiān
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to conspire;
to gang up
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