私吞
sī tūn
Pinyin

Definition

私吞
 - 
sī tūn
  1. to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. to embezzle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

私人
sī rén
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 interpersonal
  4. 4 sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
  5. 5 a member of one's clique
私信
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb
自私
zì sī
  1. 1 selfish
  2. 2 selfishness
隐私
yǐn sī
  1. 1 secrets
  2. 2 private business
  3. 3 privacy
公私
gōng sī
  1. 1 public and private (interests, initiative etc)
吞噬
tūn shì
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to engulf
  3. 3 to gobble up
吞咽
tūn yàn
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to gulp
慢吞吞
màn tūn tūn
  1. 1 very slow
  2. 2 exasperatingly slow
无私
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
私
sī
  1. 1 personal
  2. 2 private
  3. 3 selfish
私下
sī xià
  1. 1 in private
私事
sī shì
  1. 1 personal matters
私募
sī mù
  1. 1 private placement (investing)
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
私奔
sī bēn
  1. 1 to elope
私家
sī jiā
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 privately owned or managed
私家车
sī jiā chē
  1. 1 private car
私密
sī mì
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 intimate
私心
sī xīn
  1. 1 selfishness
  2. 2 selfish motives

Idioms (20)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
  1. 1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3 to lap up
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
徇私舞弊
xùn sī wǔ bì
  1. 1 to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
  1. 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  2. 2 venal and selfish behavior
乌鸟私情
wū niǎo sī qíng
  1. 1 lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)
  2. 2 fig. filial piety
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
私谋叛国
sī móu pàn guó
  1. 1 to secretly plan treason (idiom)
结党营私
jié dǎng yíng sī
  1. 1 to gang up for personal interest (idiom)
  2. 2 to form a clique
自私自利
zì sī zì lì
  1. 1 everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
  2. 2 selfish
  3. 3 mercenary
铁面无私
tiě miàn wú sī
  1. 1 strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

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