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Examples:lit. prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it—fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain—lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss—rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)—renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation—kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money—abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people—assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task—be manifest for everyone to see—go to school for the first time as a child—be transported to a distant place for penal servitude—(slang) go to jail for a second offense—sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate—make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)—speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle—recommend (for admission to school)—journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—cut a text down to size for publication—think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative—rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others—be unable to carry on even for a single day—advance funds to sb for later repayment—dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit—lit. look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points—the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place—cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping—make a declaration for the east and strike to the west—apply to a court for an arrest warrant—be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)—lit. hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life—be indebted to sb for care—bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution—observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects); to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—some people have be pushed for them to take action—leave a mark for generations to come—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money—listen to the next chapter for an explanation—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—classifier for rooms; Cantonese only: for shops, companies—classifier for gusts or bursts; for events of short duration such as lightning, storms, wind—classifier for people working in the same domain—go to sb. for help or protection—classifier for stories of buildings; layers of cakes, paint, thin glass—classifier for turns in a game, discussion, or competition—classifier for light fixtures, lamps; teapots—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for groups of domesticated animals like pigs, cows; hair (only with modifier)—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—classifier for individual things or people, general, catch-all classifier—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—classifier for groups of people, herds of animals, flocks of birds, schools of fish—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages—classifier for objects in a handheld bottle, vial, or flask, such a bottle of water—classifier for couples; objects in pairs, such as wedding rings, earrings—classifier for brief and often sudden actions—classifier for objects attached to or formed in rings, loops or circles—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—classifier for objects in a small box or case, such as cigarettes, chocolates, mooncakes, cassettes, CDs—classifier for chunks, lumps, or pieces of land, stones, cake, bread, candy, tofu; wristwatches—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—classifier for flat things, such as paper, tables, faces, bows, paintings, tickets, constellations, blankets, bedsheets—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—classifier for food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton—classifier for recurring events, often annual, such as conferences, class years in school—classifier for objects in a small package or pouch, such as cookies, cigarettes— |