贪恋
tān liàn
Pinyin

Definition

贪恋
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tān liàn
  1. to cling to
  2. to be reluctant to give up (sth)
  3. to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
恋爱
liàn ài
  1. 1 (romantic) love
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 in love
  4. 4 to have an affair
暗恋
àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
依恋
yī liàn
  1. 1 to be fondly attached to
  2. 2 to not wish to part with
  3. 3 to cling to
初恋
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
同性恋
tóng xìng liàn
  1. 1 homosexuality
  2. 2 gay person
  3. 3 gay love
失恋
shī liàn
  1. 1 to lose one's love
  2. 2 to break up (in a romantic relationship)
  3. 3 to feel jilted
爱恋
ài liàn
  1. 1 in love with
  2. 2 to feel deeply attached to
恋情
liàn qíng
  1. 1 romantic love
早恋
zǎo liàn
  1. 1 puppy love
热恋
rè liàn
  1. 1 to fall head over heels in love
  2. 2 to be passionately in love
留恋
liú liàn
  1. 1 reluctant to leave
  2. 2 to hate to have to go
  3. 3 to recall fondly
异地恋
yì dì liàn
  1. 1 long-distance romance
  2. 2 long-distance relationship
相恋
xiāng liàn
  1. 1 to love each other
眷恋
juàn liàn
  1. 1 to miss
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to remember with longing
  4. 4 yearning
自恋
zì liàn
  1. 1 narcissism
谈恋爱
tán liàn ài
  1. 1 to court
  2. 2 to go steady
  3. 3 to be dating
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)

Idioms (17)

好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
  1. 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà
  1. 1 brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
移情别恋
yí qíng bié liàn
  1. 1 change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love
  2. 2 to fall in love with sb else
老马恋栈
lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. the old horse loves his stable
  2. 2 fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (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
驽马恋栈
nú mǎ liàn zhàn
  1. 1 an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)

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