3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Revision: What do people live for? Some do it for wealth and others for fame. I do it for her. Discussion: Please see the below URL http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-6-g.html#s3 Acknowledgement: Although I have chosen Last Hermit's entry as my own for that part of the sentence which was problematic, certainly weiwei deserves the points for capturing the essence of my mistake. This is, indeed, a very abstract rendering of the character 做, and as most of you have pointed out, various renderings are possible. I like Last Hermit's best, because it fits nicely into the notion "for wealth", "for fame", and "for her". I am beginning to believe that the author of these sentences as a very all or nothing view of life, but then as before, I suppose many people do. Special thanks to Oriana for pointing out my input error with regard to 為了"