欲壑难填 (慾壑難填)
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Pinyin
Definition
欲壑难填 (慾壑難填)
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- bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
- carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
以邻为壑
- 1 to use one's neighbor as a drain
- 2 to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
恨海难填
- 1 sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
欲壑难填
- 1 bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
- 2 carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
放情丘壑
- 1 to enjoy oneself in nature's embrace (idiom)
精卫填海
- 1 lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
- 2 task of Sisyphus
- 3 determination in the face of impossible odds