"To covet" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for / to covet
 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame)
 jì yú (literary) to covet / to cast greedy eyes on
 yǎn hóng to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
 chuí xián sān chǐ to drool (over) (idiom) / to yearn for / to covet / to crave
 yǎn chán to covet / to envy
 yǎn rè to covet / envious
 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt
 jì to covet / to long for
 xiào xiǎng (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have) / to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])
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