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人不為己天誅地滅 (jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6) — every man for himself in Cantonese

janˎ₄人batˉ¹不waiˍ₆為geiˊ²己tinˉ¹天zyuˉ¹誅deiˍ₆地mitˍ₆滅
简 人不为自天诛地灭
Mandarin Pinyin: ren2 bu4 wei4 zi3 tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4

Meaning of 人不為己天誅地滅

nounevery man for himself

Characters in 人不為己天誅地滅

人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
不bat1
not; no; un-
為wai4
used after an adverb for emphasis, e.g. 極為, 頗為
己gei2
the sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems
天tin1
/tin1/
誅zyu1
execute, kill, put to death; punish
地dei6
earth; land; soil; ground
滅mit6
destroy; annihilate; do away with; eradicate

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