以…为…
Take … as …
Formal: regard or use X as Y.
In stories
孔明答：“大江之上，以弓箭为先。”
Kongming answered, "On the great river, bows and arrows come first."
这时，江东的孙权听说刘表病故，派谋士鲁肃以吊丧为名前来，暗中打探虚实。
Meanwhile Sun Quan of Wu heard that Liu Biao had died, and sent his adviser Lu Su, as if to mourn him, to find out how things really stood.
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What does 以…为… mean in Chinese?
Take … as …. Formal: regard or use X as Y.
How common is 以…为…?
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