| 贪欲 | tān yù | greed / avarice / rapacious / avid |   |
| 利欲熏心 | lì yù xūn xīn | blinded by greed (idiom) | |
| 利令智昏 | lì lìng zhì hūn | to lose one's head through material greed (idiom) | |
| 得陇望蜀 | dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ | lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire | |
| 欲壑难填 | yù hè nán tián | bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment | |
| 贪贿无艺 | tān huì wú yì | greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom) / unbridled corruption | |
| 违利赴名 | wéi lì fù míng | to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune | |
| 白托 | bái tuō | day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1]) | |
| 贪婪是万恶之源 | tān lán shì wàn è zhī yuán | Greed is the root of all evil. | |
| 熏心 | xūn xīn | (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts | |
| 不忮不求 | bù zhì bù qiú | (idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed / to live a simple life, free from worldly desires | |
