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为例

wéi lì

2-character word Traditional 為例

What 为例 means

1. used in the construction 以...以...为例, "to take ... as an example"

The characters in 为例

• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 例lìexample; precedent; rule

Words containing 为例

• 下不为例xià bù wéi lìnot to be repeated; not to be taken as a precedent; just this once

Sounds the same

Read wéi lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 违例to break the rules
• 韦利Waley or Whaley (name); Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist
• 违戾to violate; to go against