当作
dàng zuò
Pinyin

Definition

当作
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dàng zuò
  1. to treat as
  2. to regard as

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作风
zuò fēng
  1. 1 style
  2. 2 style of work
  3. 3 way

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
  1. 1 to stop at nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to dare to do anything
为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
  1. 1 to act as accomplice to the tiger
  2. 2 to help a villain do evil (idiom)

Sample Sentences

当然不是要全部符合才算是鸟类，符合越多种，就越像鸟，大概是这样，所以一般来说，鸵鸟不会用来当作鸟的典型例子吧。
dāngrán bùshì yào quánbù fúhé cái suàn shì niǎolèi ，fúhé yuè duō zhǒng ，jiù yuè xiàng niǎo ，dàgài shì zhèyàng ，suǒyǐ yībānláishuō ，tuóniǎo bùhuì yònglái dàngzuò niǎo de diǎnxíng lìzi ba 。
Of course they don't have to meet these conditions in order to count as a bird, it's just the more that you meet them, the more like a bird you are, that's more or less how it is. So normally ostriches wouldn't be taken as a classic example of a bird.
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是很值得高兴，不过你们真的能把孩子当作自己生的来爱他吗？
shì hěn zhídé gāoxìng ，bùguò nǐmen zhēnde néng bǎ háizi dàngzuò zìjǐ shēng de lái ài tā ma ？
It's something worth being happy about, but will you really be able to love the child as if it was your own?
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推荐（只能当作动词）
tuījiàn （zhǐnéng dàngzuò dòngcí ）
to recommend (can only be used as a verb)
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建议（可以当作动词或名词）
jiànyì （kěyǐ dàngzuò dòngcí huò míngcí ）
to suggest; a suggestion (can be used as a noun or a verb)
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人类总是认为自己比其他生物优秀，把其他动物当作工具或财产。
rénlèi zǒngshì rènwéi zìjǐ bǐ qítā shēngwù yōuxiù ，bǎ qítā dòngwù dàngzuò gōngjù huò cáichǎn 。
Humans always think that they are better than other biological organisms and take other animals to be tools or property.
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你去找两根树枝当作手吧。还有，再找一根胡萝卜，当作鼻子。
nǐ qù zhǎo liǎng gēn shùzhī dàngzuò shǒu ba 。háiyǒu ，zài zhǎo yī gēn húluóbo ，dàngzuò bízi 。
Go look for two sticks to be his arms. Also, go look for a carrot to be his nose.
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电子邮件？这个的宣传成本是比较低，可是汽车是大宗商品，购买人群有限。随便一发，很多人都会把它当作垃圾邮件删掉。还会给人造成我们很廉价的感觉。
diànzǐyóujiàn ？zhè ge de xuānchuán chéngběn shì bǐjiào dī ，kěshì qìchē shì dàzōng shāngpǐn ，gòumǎi rénqún yǒuxiàn 。suíbiàn yī fā ，hěn duō rén dōu huì bǎ tā dàngzuò lājīyóujiàn shāndiào 。hái huì gěi rén zàochéng wǒmen hěn liánjià de gǎnjué 。
Email? The cost of this promotion is lower, but cars are a big ticket item and the number of buyers is limited. If you just send out a bunch of emails, lots of people will just treat it as spam and delete it. Plus, it will also give people the feeling that we are cheap.
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东东，你就听你爸一回，去找份工作吧。哪怕没有工资也行啊，就当作是社会锻炼。
Dōngdong ，nǐ jiù tīng nǐ bà yī huí ，qù zhǎo fèn gōngzuò ba 。nǎpà méiyǒu gōngzī yě xíng a ，jiù dàngzuò shì shèhuì duànliàn 。
Dongdong, listen to your father for once and go look for a job. Even if you don't earn any money, just think of it as getting some real-world experience.
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这些首饰都是最顶级的！好东西戴起来一看就上档次。以后还能当作传家宝！
zhèxiē shǒushì dōu shì zuì dǐngjí de ！hǎo dōngxi dài qǐlái yī kàn jiù shàng dàngcì 。yǐhòu hái néng dàngzuò chuánjiābǎo ！
This jewelry is of the highest quality. When you're wearing fine merchandise, your class is immediately apparent. In the future it can also become a family heirloom.
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把敌人当作朋友。
bǎ dírén dàngzuò péngyou 。
Treat an enemy as a friend.
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