Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
trad. 人不為己，天誅地滅
Also written 人不為己，天誅地滅【rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè】
Characters in this word
8人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
为
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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)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
己
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self, oneself, sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], sixth in order, letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, hexa
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 7684 of 2500
天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
诛
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to put (a criminal) to death, to punish
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Traditional
- 誅
- Strokes
- 8
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500
灭
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to extinguish or put out, to go out (of a fire etc), to exterminate or wipe out, to drown
- Pinyin
- miè
- Traditional
- 滅
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9910 of 2500