几欲 (幾欲)
jī yù
Pinyin

Definition

几欲 (幾欲)
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jī yù
  1. almost
  2. nearly going to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 appetite
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 lust
  5. 5 greed
yù wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 longing
  3. 3 appetite
  4. 4 craving
shí yù
  1. 1 appetite
xìng yù
  1. 1 sexual desire
  2. 2 lust
qíng yù
  1. 1 lust
  2. 2 desire
  3. 3 sensual

Idioms (20)

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
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