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人不為己天誅地滅
  jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6   jyutping
  ren2 bu4 wei4 zi3 tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4   pinyin
every man for himself

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
人不為己天誅地滅 / 人不为自天诛地灭

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Characters in this word:

 jan4  -  person; human being
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 wai4 wai6  -  do, act; serve as; be; for
 gei2  -  oneself; one's own
 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 zyu1  -  execute, kill, put to death; punish
 dei6 dei6*2  -  earth; land; district; location
 mit6  -  destroy; extinguish; disappear
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