人不為己，天誅地滅 rén bù wèi jǐ ， tiān zhū dì miè

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
為 wèi
for; because of; to
己 jǐ HSK 3
self; oneself
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
誅 zhū
to punish; to put (a criminal) to death
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
滅 miè
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc)