人不为己，天诛地灭

Traditional form:

人不為己，天誅地滅

Pinyin (reading):

rénbùwèijǐ,tiānzhūdìmiè

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 诛 - to execute, to kill; to punish
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out

Traditional characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 誅 - to execute, to kill; to punish
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out