self-preservation

language: de

definitions

  1. noun
    The instinct or action of protecting oneself from harm, danger, or death; the act of maintaining one's own existence.
    de: Selbsterhaltung

examples

  1. His goal was no longer merely self-preservation, but to unify all of China and become the ruler of the realm.

    Sein Ziel war nicht mehr nur die Selbsterhaltung, sondern China zu vereinen und der Herrscher des Reiches zu werden.