<p>？？？This question is on more promoted to the top, but I do not agree with the existing answers.</p>

<p>This is a typical syntax error...</p>

<p>如果把人生比作杠杆</p>

<p>人生 is the object, 比 is the predicate. 把 reverses their order.</p>

<p>If we add 之, we have a redundant object. So it is incorrect.</p>

<p>In fact the whole sentence is grammarly incorrect, written by some low-educated person...</p>

<p>The metaphor is unresonable, the subject is missed and the syntax is erroneous.</p>

<p>如果把人生比<strong>作</strong>杠杆，信念则<strong>是</strong>（人生已经是比喻了，信念还“好像”，这并不是在说理时应该有的）它的支点。强烈的信念形成坚实的支点（杠杆一定有支点，不是支点存不存在，而是坚不坚强的问题），人（主语补足）才能强而有力。</p>

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Toosky Hierot
<p>Like Tang Ho says,之为 is not 1 word, you could write '之为 = it as' or just leave out 之。</p>

<p>如果把人生比之为杠杆，信念则好像是它的“支点”，具备这个恰当的支点，才可能成为一个强有力的人。<br>
If we liken life to a lever, faith then is the fulcrum, only with suitable leverage point can you become a powerful person.</p>

<p>(Did my best to alliterate!) </p>

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Pedroski
<p>I believe /shuí/ is the more orthodox pronunciation of 谁, due to the fact that 隹 is pronounced /zhuī/ and all of the 成语 that have 谁 as listed as /shuí/ in dictionaries. The pronunciation of /shéi/ probably is a product of colloquialism </p>

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user20590
<p>In [人生][比之为][杠杆]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[人生] (life) is the main object.</p>
</li>
<li><p>[比] short for [比喻] (metaphorize). It is the verb.</p>
</li>
<li><p>[之] (it) functions as an objective pronoun. In this case, the object is '人生'</p>
</li>
<li><p>[为] (as being) is the auxiliary verb.</p>
</li>
<li><p>[杠杆] (lever) is the relative object, which is the 'metaphor' for ' '人生'</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>'<strong>之为</strong>' means '<strong>it as being</strong>' here.</p>
<p>&quot;把人生<strong>比之</strong>为杠杆&quot; = &quot;Take life and metaphorize <strong>it as being</strong> a lever.&quot;</p>
<p>*Depend on the object, '之' can represent any objective pronoun (that, him, her them, it)</p>
<p>More Example:</p>
<p>&quot;把日本視<strong>之为</strong>敵人&quot; = &quot;Take Japan and see <strong>it as being</strong> an enemy&quot;</p>
<blockquote>
<p>*You can omit  the objective pronoun '之' in these sentence:</p>
<p>'把人生比为杠杆' ;  '把日本視为敵人'</p>
</blockquote>
<p>~</p>
<blockquote>
<p>*You can omit 'being' in these sentence:</p>
<p>'metaphorize life as a 'lever' ; 'see Japan as an enemy'</p>
</blockquote>

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Tang Ho
<p>What does 之为 mean in the following sentence?</p>

<p>如果把人生比之为杠杆，信念则好像是它的“支点”，具备这个恰当的支点，才可能成为一个强有力的人。   </p>

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What does 之为 mean in 如果把人生比之为杠杆...?
# What does 之为 mean in 如果把人生比之为杠杆...?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-06)

What does 之为 mean in the following sentence?

如果把人生比之为杠杆，信念则好像是它的“支点”，具备这个恰当的支点，才可能成为一个强有力的人。

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2017-03-06. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

In [人生][比之为][杠杆]

* [人生] (life) is the main object.
* [比] short for [比喻] (metaphorize). It is the verb.
* [之] (it) functions as an objective pronoun. In this case, the object is '人生'
* [为] (as being) is the auxiliary verb.
* [杠杆] (lever) is the relative object, which is the 'metaphor' for ' '人生'

'**之为**' means '**it as being**' here.

"把人生**比之**为杠杆" = "Take life and metaphorize **it as being** a lever."

\*Depend on the object, '之' can represent any objective pronoun (that, him, her them, it)

More Example:

"把日本視**之为**敵人" = "Take Japan and see **it as being** an enemy"

> \*You can omit the objective pronoun '之' in these sentence:
>
> '把人生比为杠杆' ; '把日本視为敵人'

~

> \*You can omit 'being' in these sentence:
>
> 'metaphorize life as a 'lever' ; 'see Japan as an enemy'


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-23. Score: 2

？？？This question is on more promoted to the top, but I do not agree with the existing answers.

This is a typical syntax error...

如果把人生比作杠杆

人生 is the object, 比 is the predicate. 把 reverses their order.

If we add 之, we have a redundant object. So it is incorrect.

In fact the whole sentence is grammarly incorrect, written by some low-educated person...

The metaphor is unresonable, the subject is missed and the syntax is erroneous.

如果把人生比**作**杠杆，信念则**是**（人生已经是比喻了，信念还“好像”，这并不是在说理时应该有的）它的支点。强烈的信念形成坚实的支点（杠杆一定有支点，不是支点存不存在，而是坚不坚强的问题），人（主语补足）才能强而有力。


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-06. Score: 1

Like Tang Ho says,之为 is not 1 word, you could write '之为 = it as' or just leave out 之。

如果把人生比之为杠杆，信念则好像是它的“支点”，具备这个恰当的支点，才可能成为一个强有力的人。  
If we liken life to a lever, faith then is the fulcrum, only with suitable leverage point can you become a powerful person.

(Did my best to alliterate!)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-03-23. Score: 0

I believe /shuí/ is the more orthodox pronunciation of 谁, due to the fact that 隹 is pronounced /zhuī/ and all of the 成语 that have 谁 as listed as /shuí/ in dictionaries. The pronunciation of /shéi/ probably is a product of colloquialism


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