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泄欲
xiè yù
Pinyin
Definition
泄欲
-
xiè yù
to sate one's lust
Character Decomposition
泄
氵
㇗
廿
欲
谷
欠
Related Words
(20)
欲
yù
1
desire
2
appetite
3
passion
4
lust
5
greed
欲望
yù wàng
1
desire
2
longing
3
appetite
4
craving
发泄
fā xiè
1
to give vent to (one's feelings)
食欲
shí yù
1
appetite
宣泄
xuān xiè
1
to drain (by leading off water)
2
to unburden oneself
3
to divulge
4
to leak a secret
性欲
xìng yù
1
sexual desire
2
lust
情欲
qíng yù
1
lust
2
desire
3
sensual
水泄不通
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
1
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
泄
xiè
1
variant of 泄[xiè]
泄密
xiè mì
1
to leak secrets
泄气
xiè qì
1
to leak (gas)
2
to be discouraged
3
to despair
4
(disparaging) pathetic
5
to vent one's anger
6
(of a tire) to be flat
纵欲
zòng yù
1
to indulge in debauchery
贪欲
tān yù
1
greed
2
avarice
3
rapacious
4
avid
利欲
lì yù
1
cupidity
口腹之欲
kǒu fù zhī yù
1
desire for good food
嗜欲
shì yù
1
lust
欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
1
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
2
carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
欲火
yù huǒ
1
lust
早泄
zǎo xiè
1
premature ejaculation
求知欲
qiú zhī yù
1
desire for knowledge
Idioms
(5)
利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
1
blinded by greed (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
1
to wish one were dead (idiom)
2
(fig.) to be in seventh heaven
欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
1
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
2
carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
水泄不通
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
1
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
漏泄天机
lòu xiè tiān jī
1
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
2
to let the cat out of the bag
Sample Sentences