私欲
sī yù
Pinyin

Definition

私欲
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sī yù
  1. selfish desire

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
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
食欲
shí yù
  1. 1 appetite
公私
gōng sī
  1. 1 public and private (interests, initiative etc)
性欲
xìng yù
  1. 1 sexual desire
  2. 2 lust
情欲
qíng yù
  1. 1 lust
  2. 2 desire
  3. 3 sensual
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)
畅所欲言
chàng suǒ yù yán
  1. 1 lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
  2. 2 to hold forth to one's heart's content
望眼欲穿
wàng yǎn yù chuān
  1. 1 to anxiously await
欲求
yù qiú
  1. 1 to desire
  2. 2 wants
  3. 3 appetites
欲罢不能
yù bà bù néng
  1. 1 want to stop but can't (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unable to stop oneself
  3. 3 to feel an urge to continue
欲盖弥彰
yù gài mí zhāng
  1. 1 trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
欲言又止
yù yán yòu zhǐ
  1. 1 to want to say sth but then hesitate
为所欲为
wéi suǒ yù wéi
  1. 1 to do whatever one pleases
无私
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
物欲
wù yù
  1. 1 material desire
  2. 2 craving for material things
痛不欲生
tòng bù yù shēng
  1. 1 to be so in pain as to not want to live
  2. 2 to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

Idioms (20)

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
利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
  1. 1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
  3. 3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
  4. 4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
  1. 1 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
  2. 2 to hunger for
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)
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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)
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
我醉欲眠
wǒ zuì yù mián
  1. 1 lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
  2. 2 (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
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
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)
畅所欲言
chàng suǒ yù yán
  1. 1 lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
  2. 2 to hold forth to one's heart's content
树欲静而风不止
shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not

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