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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

以为 [yǐwéi]
  1. 1. verb think
    以为你不想来呢!
    I thought you didn't want to come!
    老李以为这件事跟他没关系。
    Old Li reckoned that this had nothing to do with him.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

以为 [yǐwéi]
  1. 1. think; believe; consider
    我还以为是她呢。
    I thought it was her.
    以为那样做比较好。
    He considers it better to do it that way.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

以为 [yǐwéi]
  1. 1. 认为(用于对人或事物作出判断)
    不要以为我软弱可欺。

Examples

以为他糊涂,他并不糊涂。
You thought he was foolish, but actually he isn't.
不要总是以为自己对。
Don't think you are always right.
大家以为有了出路,愁眉锁眼的姿态为之一扫。
There is a general feeling that a way out of the impasse has been found, and people no longer knit their brows in despair.
以为我们在议论她,直朝我们翻白眼。
She kept glaring at us, thinking that we had been talking about her.
他老以为自己高人一等。
He always thinks he's a cut above others.
不要以为我们厂家业大,浪费一点不算啥。
Don't think, just because our factory is big and well-off, that we can waste things.
以为他说的都是真事,恐怕未必尽然吧!
You thought what he said was the truth, but that might not be the case.
我满以为他会同意的。
I had counted on him to agree with me.
以为她会嫁给自己的,这只是梦想而已。
His belief that she will marry him is only wishful thinking.
强不知以为
pretend to know what one does not know

Word Decomposition


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