为人

to conduct oneself / behavior / conduct / personal character

for sb / for others' interest

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

not known to anyone / secret / unknown

rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few

to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism

to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher

to dare to be first / to pioneer (idiom)

Serve the People!, CCP political slogan

God became man

one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain

to like to lecture others (idiom)

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday