"贪" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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贪
Trad. 貪
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 亼乛贝
今 + 贝
Prononciation
Mandarin tān
Entry Methods
Pinyin tan1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 OINO
人戈弓人
Wubi WYNM
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+8D2A
GB2312 CCB0
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贪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt
Results beginning with 贪
贪婪 tān lán avaricious / greedy / rapacious / insatiable / avid
贪污 tān wū to be corrupt / corruption / to embezzle
贪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin
贪心 tān xīn greedy
贪图 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame)
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
贪吃 tān chī gluttonous / voracious
贪财 tān cái to be greedy in getting money
贪恋 tān liàn to cling to / to be reluctant to give up (sth) / to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
贪欲 tān yù greed / avarice / rapacious / avid
贪杯 tān bēi to drink in excess
贪食 tān shí greedy / glutton
贪嘴 tān zuǐ gluttonous
贪鄙 tān bǐ to be avaricious and mean
贪馋 tān chán gluttonous / greedy / insatiable / avid
贪渎 tān dú (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
贪腐 tān fǔ corruption
贪求 tān qiú to pursue greedily / to crave
贪色 tān sè greedy for sex / given to lust for women
贪占 tān zhàn to misappropriate
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贪吃鬼 tān chī guǐ glutton / chowhound
贪吃者 tān chī zhě glutton
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
贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law
贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption
贪贿无艺 tān huì wú yì greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom) / unbridled corruption
贪婪无厌 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
贪求无厌 tān qiú wú yàn insatiably greedy (idiom)
贪天之功 tān tiān zhī gōng to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
贪猥无厌 tān wěi wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
贪心不足 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
贪得无餍 tān dé wú yàn variant of 貪得無厭|贪得无厌[tan1 de2 wu2 yan4]
贪爵慕位 tān jué mù wèi to be greedy for nobility and admire social position (idiom)
贪污腐败 tān wū fǔ bài corruption
贪汙腐化 tān wū fǔ huà corruption
贪小失大 tān xiǎo shī dà penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
贪多嚼不烂 tān duō jiáo bù làn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
贪婪是万恶之源 tān lán shì wàn è zhī yuán Greed is the root of all evil.
Approximate Results for 贪
反贪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy)
反贪局  Anti-Corruption Agency
反贪污 fǎn tān wū anticorruption
反贪腐 fǎn tān fǔ anti-corruption
起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
好酒贪杯 hǎo jiǔ tān bēi good wine taken in excess (idiom) / fond of the bottle
桀贪骜诈 jié tān ào zhà brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
好酒贪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi fond of the bottle (idiom)
反贪委员会  Anti-Corruption Commission
国际反贪污大会  International Anti-Corruption Conference
国际反贪局联合会  International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities
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