贪欲 (貪慾)
tān yù
Pinyin

Definition

贪欲 (貪慾)
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tān yù
  1. greed
  2. avarice
  3. rapacious
  4. avid

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 (17)

利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
  1. 1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
  1. 1 bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
  2. 2 carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà
  1. 1 brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)