贪欲 (貪慾)
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Pinyin
Definition
贪欲 (貪慾)
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- greed
- avarice
- rapacious
- avid
Character Decomposition
Idioms (17)
利欲熏心
- 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
好酒贪杯
- 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
欲仙欲死
- 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
- 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
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
桀贪骜诈
- 1 brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)