纵欲
zòng yù
Pinyin

Definition

纵欲
 - 
zòng yù
  1. to indulge in debauchery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

欲
yù
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 appetite
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 lust
  5. 5 greed
欲望
yù wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 longing
  3. 3 appetite
  4. 4 craving
放纵
fàng zòng
  1. 1 to indulge
  2. 2 to pamper
  3. 3 to connive at
  4. 4 permissive
  5. 5 indulgent
  6. 6 self-indulgent
  7. 7 unrestrained
  8. 8 undisciplined
  9. 9 uncultured
  10. 10 boorish
食欲
shí yù
  1. 1 appetite
性欲
xìng yù
  1. 1 sexual desire
  2. 2 lust
情欲
qíng yù
  1. 1 lust
  2. 2 desire
  3. 3 sensual
欲火
yù huǒ
  1. 1 lust
操纵
cāo zòng
  1. 1 to operate
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to rig
  4. 4 to manipulate
求知欲
qiú zhī yù
  1. 1 desire for knowledge
稍纵即逝
shāo zòng jí shì
  1. 1 transient
  2. 2 fleeting
纵
zòng
  1. 1 warp (the vertical threads in weaving)
  2. 2 vertical
  3. 3 longitudinal
  4. 4 north-south (lines of longitude)
  5. 5 lengthwise
  6. 6 to release
  7. 7 to indulge
  8. 8 even if
纵使
zòng shǐ
  1. 1 even if
  2. 2 even though
纵容
zòng róng
  1. 1 to indulge
  2. 2 to connive at
纵情
zòng qíng
  1. 1 to your heart's content
纵欲
zòng yù
  1. 1 to indulge in debauchery
纵横
zòng héng
  1. 1 lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
  2. 2 length and breadth
  3. 3 criss-crossed
  4. 4 able to move unhindered
  5. 5 abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[Hé zòng Lián héng], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
纵然
zòng rán
  1. 1 even if
  2. 2 even though
纵观
zòng guān
  1. 1 to survey comprehensively
  2. 2 an overall survey
纵身
zòng shēn
  1. 1 to leap
  2. 2 to spring
  3. 3 to throw oneself
贪欲
tān yù
  1. 1 greed
  2. 2 avarice
  3. 3 rapacious
  4. 4 avid

Idioms (4)

利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
  1. 1 bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
  2. 2 carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
纵横交错
zòng héng jiāo cuò
  1. 1 criss-crossed (idiom)

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