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察察為明
chá chá wéi míng
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keenly observant of trivial details
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寧為玉碎，不為瓦全
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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寧為雞頭，不為鳳尾
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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寬大為懷
kuān dà wéi huái
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magnanimous (idiom);
generous
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少說為佳
shǎo shuō wéi jiā
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Few words are best.;
Brevity is the soul of wit.
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尤為
yóu wéi
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especially
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巧婦難為無米之炊
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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年輕有為
nián qīng yǒu wéi
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young and promising
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康有為
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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引以為傲
yǐn yǐ wéi ào
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to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
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引以為憾
yǐn yǐ wéi hàn
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to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
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引以為榮
yǐn yǐ wéi róng
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to regard it as an honor (idiom)
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強迫性性行為
qiǎng pò xìng xìng xíng wéi
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sexual obsession
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性行為
xìng xíng wéi
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sexual behavior
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恣意妄為
zì yì wàng wéi
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to behave unscrupulously
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慈悲為本
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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成則為王，敗則為寇
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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成為
chéng wéi
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to become;
to turn into
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成者為王，敗者為寇
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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戶限為穿
hù xiàn wèi chuān
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an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
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所作所為
suǒ zuò suǒ wéi
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one's conduct and deeds
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所為
suǒ wéi
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what one does;
doings
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拜人為師
bài rén wéi shī
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to acknowledge as one's teacher
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指鹿為馬
zhǐ lù wéi mǎ
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making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
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捨己為人
shě jǐ wèi rén
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to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people;
altruism
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