贪欲
tān yù
Pinyin

Definition

贪欲
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tān yù
  1. greed
  2. avarice
  3. rapacious
  4. avid

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
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
纵欲
zòng yù
  1. 1 to indulge in debauchery
贪
tān
  1. 1 to have a voracious desire for
  2. 2 to covet
  3. 3 greedy
  4. 4 corrupt
贪吃
tān chī
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 voracious
贪图
tān tú
  1. 1 to covet
  2. 2 to seek (riches, fame)
贪婪
tān lán
  1. 1 avaricious
  2. 2 greedy
  3. 3 rapacious
  4. 4 insatiable
  5. 5 avid
贪官
tān guān
  1. 1 corrupt official
  2. 2 grasping functionary
  3. 3 greedy mandarin
贪心
tān xīn
  1. 1 greedy
贪欲
tān yù
  1. 1 greed
  2. 2 avarice
  3. 3 rapacious
  4. 4 avid
贪恋
tān liàn
  1. 1 to cling to
  2. 2 to be reluctant to give up (sth)
  3. 3 to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
贪杯
tān bēi
  1. 1 to drink in excess
贪污
tān wū
  1. 1 to be corrupt
  2. 2 corruption
  3. 3 to embezzle
贪玩
tān wán
  1. 1 to only want to have a good time
  2. 2 to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
贪腐
tān fǔ
  1. 1 corruption
贪财
tān cái
  1. 1 to be greedy in getting money
起早贪黑
qǐ zǎo tān hēi
  1. 1 to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

Idioms (17)

利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
  1. 1 fond of the bottle (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
桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà
  1. 1 brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
贪多嚼不烂
tān duō jiáo bù làn
  1. 1 to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
贪天之功
tān tiān zhī gōng
  1. 1 to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
贪婪无厌
tān lán wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
贪小失大
tān xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
贪得无厌
tān dé wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪心不足
tān xīn bù zú
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪求无厌
tān qiú wú yàn
  1. 1 insatiably greedy (idiom)
贪猥无厌
tān wěi wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪生怕死
tān shēng pà sǐ
  1. 1 greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
  2. 2 clinging abjectly to life
  3. 3 only interested in saving one's neck
贪贿无艺
tān huì wú yì
  1. 1 greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption
贪赃枉法
tān zāng wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law

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