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Meaning of 贪

Pinyin tān

Radical

贝

Strokes

Definition

greedy

Usage

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贪 tān 【动】【本义】:贪财【造字法】:形声。从贝，今声。从“贝”，与财物有关。 1. 同本义 (be greedy for) 2. 贪婪。多欲而不知满足 (have an insatiable desire for) 3. 求。同“探” (seek) 4. 贪污 (corrupt; venal) 引: 1. 《说文》：贪，欲物也。 2. 《方言一》：晋、魏河内之比，谓惏曰残。楚谓之贪。 3. 《墨子·非儒下》：贪于饮食，惰于作务。 4. 《左传·襄公二十三年》：贪货弃命。 5. 爱财曰贪，爱食曰婪。——《楚辞·离骚》注 6. 《韩非子·十过》：虞公贪利其璧与马而欲许之。例: 贪赃 (官吏接受贿赂); 贪便宜; 贪得无厌; 贪冒 (贪图财利); 贪鄙 (贪婪卑鄙); 贪汙 (贪求私利，取非分的财物); 贪墨 (贪财受贿); 贪夫徇财 (贪婪的人为财而死) 2. 贪婪。多欲而不知满足 (have an insatiable desire for) 引: 1. 《国语·晋语》：贪欲无艺。 2. 《战国策·齐策四》：左右皆恶之，以为贪而不知足。 3. 《左传·僖公三十二年》：以贪勤民。 4. 《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》：秦贪。例: 贪虐 (贪婪暴虐); 贪娼 (贪婪而妒忌); 贪狠 (贪心暴戾); 贪残 (贪婪残贼); 贪花 (怜爱美色); 贪粗 (贪婪粗犷); 贪谗 (贪婪并进谗言); 贪陵 (贪婪侵夺); 贪悍 (贪婪凶横) 3. 求。同“探” (seek) 引: 1. 王充《论衡》：贪权据凡，则高名自立矣。 2. 《后汉书·郭躬传论》：若夫推己以议物，捨状以贪情。例: 贪祸 (取祸); 贪黑 (摸黑); 贪嗜 (贪求嗜好); 贪贾 (贪图小利的商人); 贪迷 (贪恋，迷恋); 贪怯 (贪生怕死) 4. 贪污 (corrupt; venal) 引: 1. 《史记·项羽本纪》：贪于财贺。 2. 宋·司马光《训俭示康》：贪慕富贵。 3. 明·崔铣《记王忠肃公翱三事》：知某不贪。 4. 《聊斋志异·促织》：官贪吏虐。例: 贪滥 (贪污渎职); 贪黩 (贪污); 贪洿 (贪污); 贪官 (贪污的官吏); 贪罔 (贪赃欺罔); 贪吏 (贪污的官吏)

贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

贪多嚼不烂 tān duō jiáo bù làn

to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)

贪图 tān tú

to covet / to seek (riches, fame)

贪婪 tān lán

avaricious / greedy / rapacious / insatiable / avid

贪墨 tān mò

Greedy

贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck

贪恋 tān liàn

to cling to / to be reluctant to give up (sth) / to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)

贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ

corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law

贪欲 tān yù

greed / avarice / rapacious / avid

贪污 tān wū

to be corrupt / corruption / to embezzle

贪污腐化 tān wū fǔ huà

corruption and degeneration / graft and corruption

贪财 tān cái

to be greedy in getting money

贪官 tān guān

corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin

反贪局 fǎn tān jú

anti-corruption bureau

贪心 tān xīn

greedy

贪吃 tān chī

gluttonous / voracious

贪污犯 tān wū fàn

embezzler / offender in corruption / grafter

贪玩 tān wán

to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline

贪赃 tān zāng

take bribes / accept bribes / practise graft

起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

贪鄙 tān bǐ

to be avaricious and mean