人不为己，天诛地灭

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

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

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)

because of / for / to

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

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

day / sky / heaven

heavenly punishment / king's punishment

to put (a criminal) to death / to punish

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown