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刻意为之

kè yì wéi zhī

4-character word Traditional 刻意為之

What 刻意为之 means

1. to make a conscious effort
2. to do something deliberately

The characters in 刻意为之

• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

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