tān

greedy; to covet; to have a voracious desire for

Character data

Radical ⾙ (154.4)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

貪 tān
  1. 1. greedy
  2. 2. to covet
  3. 3. to have a voracious desire for
  4. 4. corrupt

Words containing 貪

Word Meaning
anti-corruption (policy)
anticorruption
anti-corruption
fond of the bottle (idiom)
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
to misappropriate
gluttonous; voracious
glutton
glutton; chowhound
gluttonous
to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
greedy; insatiable; avaricious
Greed is the root of all evil.
greedy and never satisfied
corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
greedy, corrupt officials
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
greedy and never satisfied
greedy
greedy and never satisfied
greed; avarice; avid
to be reluctant to give up (sth); to cling to
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