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为着 wèi zhe in order to / because of / for the sake of
为五斗米折腰 wèi dǒu zhé yāo (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
日本米酒 běn jiǔ Japanese rice wine / sake
抬杠 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles
死要面子活受罪 yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
为的是 wèi de shì for the sake of / for the purpose of
不看僧面看佛面 kàn sēng miàn kàn miàn lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
猎隼 liè sǔn (bird species of China) saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
看在 kàn zài (in the expression 看在[kan4 zai4] + ... + 的份上[de5 fen4 shang5]) for the sake of ...; considering ...
薄面 miàn my meager sensibilities / blushing face / please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
念旧 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
功亏一篑 gōng kuī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
任侠 rèn xiá chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
以利于 for the sake of / in order to
姑妄言之 wàng yán zhī to just talk for the sake of talking
欲取姑与 (idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
清酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine)
空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")


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