"greedy" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 贪婪 貪婪 | avaricious / greedy / rapacious / insatiable / avid | syn | |
| 馋 饞 | gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving | syn | |
| 馋涎欲滴 饞涎欲滴 | lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy | syn | |
| 贪心 貪心 | greedy | syn | |
| 贪食 貪食 | gluttonous / greedy | ||
| 贪 貪 | to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt | syn | |
| 饕 | (literary) greedy / gluttonous | syn | |
| 餮 | (literary) greedy / gluttonous | ||
| 亄 | covetous / greedy / stingy | ||
| 嚵 | (variant of 饞|馋[chan2]) gluttonous / greedy | ||
| 贪馋 貪饞 | gluttonous / greedy / insatiable / avid |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 贪官 貪官 | corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin | syn | |
| 觊觎 覬覦 | (literary) to covet / to cast greedy eyes on | syn | |
| 贪财 貪財 | to be greedy in getting money | syn | |
| 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 | greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck | syn | |
| 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied | syn | |
| 饕餮之徒 | glutton / gourmand / by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc | syn | |
| 贪婪无厌 貪婪無厭 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied | syn | |
| 染指垂涎 | lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom) / fig. greedy to seize sth | ||
| 桀贪骜诈 桀貪驁詐 | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) | ||
| 贪心不足 貪心不足 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied | syn | |
| 贪求无厌 貪求無厭 | insatiably greedy (idiom) | ||
| 贪猥无厌 貪猥無厭 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied | ||
| 多吃多占 多吃多佔 | taking or eating more than one's due (idiom) / greedy and selfish | ||
| 血盆大口 | bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor | ||
| 贪爵慕位 貪爵慕位 | to be greedy for nobility and admire social position (idiom) | ||
| 贪色 貪色 | greedy for sex / given to lust for women | syn | |
| 馋人 饞人 | to make one's mouth water / appetizing / greedy person / glutton | ||
| 馋鬼 饞鬼 | glutton / greedy pig | ||
| 吃人不吐骨头 吃人不吐骨頭 | ruthless / vicious and greedy | ||
| 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 | (idiom) insatiably greedy | syn |