WordTaiwan frequency #26,089
先入為主
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ
“to be biased by first impressions; to cling to the first thing one hears and resist accepting other views”
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先
ㄒㄧㄢ
Beforehand; first; earlier; originally; for the time being; for now; my late (prefix for deceased older relatives); ancestor; primary matter; former; previous; Mr. (abbreviation); surname.
入
ㄖㄨˋ
To enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to receive or take in; to put in; to fall into a state; to be involved in; to conform to.
為
ㄨㄟˋ
To do; to act; to make; to become; to be; to serve as; because of; for; by (passive voice marker).
主
ㄓㄨˇ
Owner; master; host; leader; main; the person concerned; God; Lord; to indicate or signify; trump card.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 因為ㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋbecause; owing to; on account of; introduces a reason or cause
- 認為ㄖㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe; to consider; to feel; to hold the view that
- 成為ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋto become; to turn into; to develop into; to grow into.
- 先生ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥMr.; sir; gentleman; teacher; husband; (dated) scholar or Taoist priest
- 主要ㄓㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋmain; principal; major; primary; most important
- 進入ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨˋto enter; to go into; to join; to reach a certain period or state
- 為什麼why?; for what reason?; used to ask about purpose or cause.
- 行為ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋaction; conduct; behavior; activity; outward actions based on personal will
- 作為ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˋdeed; act; to act as; in the capacity of; qua; to regard as; to take as
- 主義ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋdoctrine; ideology; -ism; a system of ideas or principles forming a theory or school of thought.
- 加入ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄨˋto join; to become a member; to participate; to add in; to mix into
- 以為ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe (often mistakenly); to take for; to consider as.