Radical 73 · 12 strokes

for

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MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. preposition

    for

    代替;代表某人做某事dàitì; dàibiǎo mǒurén zuò mǒushì

    • I'll do it for you.

  2. preposition

    on behalf of

    代表;为某人或某事做事情dàibiǎo; wèi mǒurén huò mǒushì zuò shìqing

    • I'll thank him on your behalf.

  3. verb

    to substitute for

    用别的东西或人代替原来的yòng biéde dōngxi huò rén dàitì yuánlái de

    • I'll do it for you.

  4. verb

    to take the place of

    代替某人或某物的位置或工作dàitì mǒurén huò mǒuwù de wèizhì huò gōngzuò

    • He went in my place.

  5. verb

    to replace

    用来代替别人或别的东西yòng lái dàitì biérén huò biéde dōngxi

    • He works in my place.

  6. verb

    to stand in for

    代替某人做某事或代表某人dàitì mǒurén zuò mǒushì huòzhě dàibiǎo mǒurén

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Two men take turns standing under the sun, one replacing the other.

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