贪 (貪)
tān
Pinyin

Definition

贪 (貪)
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tān
  1. to have a voracious desire for
  2. to covet
  3. greedy
  4. corrupt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

贪
tān
  1. 1 to have a voracious desire for
  2. 2 to covet
  3. 3 greedy
  4. 4 corrupt
贪婪
tān lán
  1. 1 avaricious
  2. 2 greedy
  3. 3 rapacious
  4. 4 insatiable
  5. 5 avid
贪官
tān guān
  1. 1 corrupt official
  2. 2 grasping functionary
  3. 3 greedy mandarin
贪心
tān xīn
  1. 1 greedy
贪污
tān wū
  1. 1 to be corrupt
  2. 2 corruption
  3. 3 to embezzle

Idioms (14)

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)
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

Sample Sentences

你最近太贪玩儿了，成绩下滑了不少，差不多该收收心了。
nǐ zuìjìn tài tānwán r le ，chéngjì xiàhuá le bùshǎo ，chàbuduō gāi shōu shōuxīn le 。
You have been too playful lately and your grades have dropped a lot. It's almost time to get back to study mode.
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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！
zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！
Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!
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不要太贪心，要知足。
bùyào tài tānxīn ，yào zhīzú 。
Don’t be too greedy. Be satisfied with what we have.
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你发现你赚到钱的时候，就差不多停了，不要太贪心。所以我们常说投资这件事就是“一鸟在手，胜于百鸟在林。”
nǐ fāxiàn nǐ zhuàn dào qián de shíhou ，jiù chàbuduō tíng le ，bùyào tài tānxīn 。suǒyǐ wǒmen cháng shuō tóuzī zhè jiàn shì jiùshì “yìniǎozàishǒushèngyúbǎiniǎozàilín ”
When you realize you’re making a profit, it’s time to stop. Don’t be too greedy. Therefore, we often say investing is just like “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. ”
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在投资的时候，千万别贪心，要不然连房子都没了。
zài tóuzī de shíhou ，qiānwàn bié tānxīn ，yàobùrán lián fángzi dōu méi le 。
Don’t be greedy when it comes to investment, or you would even lose the house.
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怪我自己太贪吃，买热狗的时候把手机忘在椅子上，买完回来手机当然就不见了。
guài wǒ zìjǐ tài tānchī ，mǎi règǒu de shíhou bǎ shǒujī wàng zài yǐzi shàng ，mǎi wán huílai shǒujī dāngrán jiù bùjiàn le 。
It was all because I was too greedy. When I was buying a hot dog I forgot to pick my cell phone up from the bench, when I came back after buying it, of course my cell phone was missing.
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是啊，而且我刚才不应该吃那一大块巧克力的，太贪嘴，现在真是后悔。
shì a ，érqiě wǒ gāngcái bù yīnggāi chī nà yī dàkuài qiǎokèlì de ，tài tānzuǐ ，xiànzài zhēn shì hòuhuǐ 。
Yeah, also, I shouldn't have eaten that big bit of chocolate, it was so greedy of me, now i'm really regretting it.
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姑娘你买东西贪便宜，不查考一下公司名誉，帮不了你啊。
gūniang nǐ mǎi dōngxi tān piányi ，bù chákǎo yíxià gōngsī míngyù ，bāngbuliǎo nǐ ā 。
Young lady, if you go for a bargain without checking a company's reputation, I can't help you.
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说到底，就是你不该这么贪，也不该这么大胆，总之，我是没办法的，我还有会要开，先走了。
shuō dàodǐ ，jiùshì nǐ bù gāi zhème tān ，yě bù gāi zhème dàdǎn ，zǒngzhī ，wǒ shì méi bànfǎ de ，wǒ háiyǒu huì yào kāi ，xiān zǒu le 。
When all is said and done, you just shouldn't have been so greedy and you shouldn't have been so blatant about it. In sum, I can't do anything, I also have a meeting to get to. I should go now.
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也许像谁说过的贪得无厌，
yěxǔ xiàng shéi shuō guò de tāndéwúyàn ，
Perhaps it's like that insatiable desire that they talk about
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