in order to ⇒ 为了买房子,他把车卖了。 Wèile mǎi fángzi, tā bǎ chē mài le. → He sold his car in order to buy a house. ⇒ 为了联系方便,他买了个手机。 Wèile liánxì fāngbiàn, tā mǎile gè shǒujī. → He bought a mobile phone to keep in contact more easily.

associate with

cause harm

⇒ 抢手的房产为数不少。 Qiǎngshǒu de fángchǎn wéishù bù shǎo. → There is a lot of fast-selling property.

be scheduled for ⇒ 电影节为期一周。 Diànyǐngjié wéiqī yī zhōu. → The film festival is scheduled to last a week.

⇒ 到上周末为止 dào shàngzhōu mò wéizhǐ → by the end of last week ⇒ 到上周末为止,我们收到了上千封求职信。 Dào shàng zhōumò wéizhǐ, wǒmen shōudàole shàng qiān fēng qiúzhíxìn. → By the end of last week, we had received over a thousand letters of application.

make a living

embarrassed

put in the effort ( pt , pp put ) ⇒ 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi → human effort can achieve anything

think ( pt , pp thought ) ⇒ 我以为你不想来呢！ Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ bù xiǎng lái ne! → I thought you didn't want to come! ⇒ 老李以为这件事跟他没关系。 Lǎo Lǐ yǐwéi zhè jiàn shì gēn tā méi guānxì. → Old Li reckoned that this had nothing to do with him.

( 行为 ) action ⇒ 我们要根据一个人的作为来评判他。 Wǒmen yào gēnjù yī gè rén de zuòwéi lái píngpàn tā. → We should judge a person by their actions.

because ⇒ 因为有暴风雨，所以他们取消了航海计划。 Yīnwèi yǒu bàofēngyǔ, suǒyǐ tāmen qǔxiāole hánghǎi jìhuà. → They cancelled their plans to go sailing because of the stormy weather. ⇒ 她昨天请了一天的假，是因为孩子生病了。 Tā zuótiān qǐngle yī tiān de jià, shì yīnwèi háizi shēngbìng le. → Yesterday she requested a day off because her child was sick.

become ( pt became ) , pp become

promising

behaviour ( 英 ) behavior ( 美 ) ⇒ 行为不轨 xíngwéi bùguǐ → improper behaviour ⇒ 行为规范 xíngwéi guīfàn → standards of behaviour

think ( pt , pp thought ) ⇒ 你认为这篇文章怎么样？ Nǐ rènwéi zhè piān wénzhāng zěnmeyàng? → What do you think of this essay? ⇒ 我们认为,这个决定是错误的。 Wǒmen rènwéi, zhège juédìng shì cuòwù de. → We think that the decision is wrong.

( 使人为难 ) embarrass

why ⇒ 你为什么迟到了？ Nǐ wèi shénme chídào le? → Why were you late?

( 难堪 ) embarrassed

( 贬 ) do just as one pleases

not to be repeated ⇒ 这次的事就算了,下不为例。 Zhè cì de shì jiù suànle, xià bù wéi lì. → I'll forget about it this time, but it mustn't be repeated.

glad to help others ⇒ 他一向与人为善，大家都很信任他。 Tā yīxiàng yǔ rén wéi shàn, dàjiā dōu hěn xìnrèn tā. → He's always glad to help people — everybody has great trust in him.

wealthy but uncharitable

commit all kinds of crimes

become used to ⇒ 大熊猫对人山人海的参观者已经习以为常了。 Dàxióngmāo duì rénshān-rénhǎi de cānguānzhě yǐjīng xí yǐ wéi cháng le. → The panda has long become accustomed to the huge crowds of visitors.

take pleasure in helping others

attempt the impossible ⇒ 拿不到冠军也无所谓,不要勉为其难。 Ná bù dào guànjūn yě wúsuǒwèi, bùyào miǎn wéi qí nán. → It doesn't matter if you don't win first prize — don't be attempting the impossible.

head off a disaster

take sb's breath away

everyone does their own thing

make the most of one's abilities

be in a dilemma ⇒ 去也不好,不去也不好,真让我左右为难。 Qù yě bù hǎo, bù qù yě bù hǎo, zhēn ràng wǒ zuǒ yòu wéi nán. → It's a problem if I go, but also a problem if I don't — I'm in a real dilemma.

distort the facts

accomplish nothing

be powerless ⇒ 这件事我实在无能为力。 Zhè jiàn shì wǒ shízài wú néng wéi lì. → I'm powerless to do anything about this.

confuse ⇒ 你不能将这两个概念混为一谈。 Nǐ bùnéng jiāng zhè liǎng gè gàiniàn hùn wéi yī tán. → You mustn't lump these two concepts together.

join in a conspiracy

depend on each other for survival

run amok

believe oneself to be infallible

be altruistic ⇒ 他舍己为人的精神令人感动。 Dā shě jǐ wèi rén de jīngshén lìng rén gǎndòng. → His sense of altruism is touching.

stand up for what is right

live according to one's means

take ... as ( pt took ) , pp taken