人不為己，天誅地滅

Chinese

		man; person; people	not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (人不為己，天誅地滅)		人	不	為	己	，	天誅地滅
simp. (人不为己，天诛地灭)		人	不	为	己	，	天诛地灭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rén bù wèi jǐ, tiān zhū dì miè

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˇ, ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ bat¹ wai⁶ gei², tin¹ zyu¹ dei⁶ mit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rén bù wèi jǐ, tiān zhū dì miè [Phonetic: rén bú wèi jǐ, tiān zhū dì miè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˇ, ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren bu wey jii, tian ju dih mieh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ bat¹ wai⁶ gei², tin¹ zyu¹ dei⁶ mit⁶
  - Yale: yàhn bāt waih géi, tīn jyū deih miht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ bat⁷ wai⁶ gei², tin¹ dzy¹ dei⁶ mit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ bed¹ wei⁶ géi², tin¹ ju¹ déi⁶ mid⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²² kei̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ tei̯²² miːt̚²/

Proverb

人不為己，天誅地滅

unless a person looks out for themselves, Heaven and Earth will destroy them; everyone for themselves and the devil take the hindmost

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