- 以人为本 yǐrénwéiběn people-orientedto treat people as the most important; a value system centered on human needs, personal dignity, and social welfare
- 助人为乐 zhùrénwéilè to find joy in helping others(idiom) to take pleasure in helping people; to consider helping others as a source of personal happiness
- 与人为善 yǔrénwéishàn to help othersto be well-disposed toward people; to be of service to others; to help others with good intentions
- 事在人为 shìzàirénwéi it depends on human effortThe success or failure of a matter depends on the effort and initiative of the individual; with human effort, anything can be achieved.
- 人为财死,鸟为食亡 rénwèicáisǐniǎowèishíwáng men die for wealth and birds die for food(proverb) people will do anything for money, even risking their lives, just as birds will risk death to find food; humans are driven by greed
- 助人为快乐之本 zhùrénwéikuàilèzhīběn pleasure from helping othersHelping others is the source of happiness.
- 拜人为师 bàirénwéishī to acknowledge someone as a teacherto formally acknowledge or accept someone as one's teacher or mentor
- 人为刀俎,我为鱼肉 rénwéidāozǔwǒwéiyúròu to be at someone's mercyliterally translated as 'others are the knife and chopping block while I am the fish and meat'; used to describe being in a passive and dangerous position where someone else has total power over one's fate
- 人为土 rénwéitǔ anthrosolanthrosol; human-influenced soil according to technical soil taxonomy
- 人为干扰 rénwéigānrǎo electronic jammingdeliberate interference or jamming of electronic signals by human agency
- 人为淘汰 rénwéitáotài artificial selectionThe biological process of breeding organisms for specific traits while weeding out undesirable characteristics, such as enhancing the egg-laying ability of chickens.