For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">爲</span><span class="searchmatch">生</span> – see 為<span class="searchmatch">生</span> (“to make a living”). (This term is a variant traditional form of 為<span class="searchmatch">生</span>)....
IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/ 為<span class="searchmatch">生</span> to make a living 夷狄之人貪而好利，被髮左衽，人面獸心。其與中國殊章服，異習俗，飲食不同，言語不通，辟居北垂寒露之野，逐草隨畜，射獵為<span class="searchmatch">生</span>，隔以山谷，雍以沙幕，天地所以絕外內也。 [Traditional Chinese...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">爲</span>, 为, and 𫞟 為 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈大弓火 (IKNF), four-corner 20227, composition ⿵⿻𬼀⿳㇇㇇𠃌灬) 偽, 媯, 溈, 蒍 Additional...
the adverb 고디〮 (Yale: kwòtí) "in a straight way; righteously" to Old Korean <span class="searchmatch">爲</span>只 (*SIk-, “to act”), thus "to act righteously". IPA(key): /kò.tí.sìk.tá/ 고디〮식다〮...
made at ease." 談何容易 easier said than done 韓退之詩，愛憎相過：愛者以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>雖杜子美亦不及，不愛者以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>退之於詩本無所得 […] 俱過矣。以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>子美亦不及者固非，以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>退之於詩本無所得者，談何容易邪！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]...
lat/ (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːʔ ɦbljed/ 口舌 mouth and tongue; speech organs 兌<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>澤，<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>少女，<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>巫，<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>口舌。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.] 兑为泽，为少女，为巫，为口舌。 [Pre-Classical Chinese...
sreŋ|sreŋ/ (Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋ sʰleːŋ/ 更生 to be reborn 元元黎民得免於戰國，逢明天子，人人自以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>更生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.] 元元黎民得免于战国，逢明天子，人人自以为更生。 [Classical Chinese,...
曰：將子無疑，昏以<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>期。 <span class="searchmatch">生</span>如其言，乘昏而往。忽見桃花一枝過墻而有搖裊之影。往視之，則以鞦韆絨索繫竹兜下垂。<span class="searchmatch">生</span>攀緣而踰。會月上東山，花影在地，淸香可愛。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.] From: late 1400s, 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李<span class="searchmatch">生</span>窺牆傳》...
usage example) 北國／北国 (běiguó) 南國 (Vietnamese Classical Chinese) Vietnam 我<span class="searchmatch">爲</span>南國人。生長南國土。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.] From: 1909, Ấu học hán tự tân...
avert a danger (especially if political or medical) 九死一生 (jiǔsǐyīshēng) 化險為夷／化险为夷 (huà xiǎn wéi yí) 絕處逢生／绝处逢<span class="searchmatch">生</span> (juéchùféngshēng) 得而復失／得而复失 (dé'érfùshī)...