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人不为己，天诛地灭

rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

9-character word Traditional 人不為己，天誅地滅

What 人不为己，天诛地灭 means

1. Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
2. Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

The characters in 人不为己，天诛地灭

• 人rénperson; people
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out