MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

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为着	wèi zhe	in order to / because of / for the sake of
为五斗米折腰	wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo	(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潜, 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	Rì běn mǐ 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	sǐ 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	bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó 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 + ... + 的份上) for the sake of ...; considering ...
薄面	bó 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 yī 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	yǐ lì yú	for the sake of / in order to
姑妄言之	gū wàng yán zhī	to just talk for the sake of talking
欲取姑与	yù qǔ gū yǔ	(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")