tān tú
to covet
to seek (riches, fame)
tān guān
corrupt official
grasping functionary
greedy mandarin
tān
to have a voracious desire for
to covet
greedy
corrupt
tān wū
to be corrupt
corruption
to embezzle
tān lán
avaricious
greedy
rapacious
insatiable
avid
tān liàn
to cling to
to be reluctant to give up (sth)
to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
tān yù
greed
avarice
rapacious
avid
tān cái
to be greedy in getting money
tān guān wū lì
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
tān dé wú yàn
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
qǐ zǎo tān hēi
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
tān zāng wǎng fǎ
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
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
tān sè
greedy for sex
given to lust for women
tān qiú
to pursue greedily
to crave
tān xīn bù zú
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tān duō jiáo bù làn
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
tān bǐ
to be avaricious and mean
tān dé wú yàn
variant of 貪得無厭|贪得无厌[tan1 de2 wu2 yan4]
hǎo jiǔ tān bēi
good wine taken in excess (idiom); fond of the bottle
tān qiú wú yàn
insatiably greedy (idiom)
tān huì wú yì
greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption
tān wěi wú yàn
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
jié tān ào zhà
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
tān lán shì wàn è zhī yuán
Greed is the root of all evil.
tān jué mù wèi
to be greedy for nobility and admire social position (idiom)
tān wán
to only want to have a good time
to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
tān dú
(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
tān xiǎo shī dà
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
tān lán wú yàn
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tān tiān zhī gōng
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
tān chán
gluttonous
greedy
insatiable
avid
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