人不为己，天诛地灭
Traditional: 人不為己，天誅地滅Dictionary entry
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
What does 人不为己，天诛地灭 mean?
人不为己，天诛地灭 (rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè) has the following dictionary meaning.
1Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
2Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
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人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as己jǐself · oneself天tiānday · sky诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death · to punish地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct灭mièto extinguish or put out · to go out (of a fire etc)
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人不为己，天诛地灭
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