贪婪 貪婪 tān lán avaricious / greedy / rapacious / insatiable / avid syn 猪头 豬頭 zhū tóu pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk 贪心 貪心 tān xīn greedy syn 觊觎 覬覦 jì yú (literary) to covet / to cast greedy eyes on syn 豚鼠 tún shǔ guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) syn 猪蹄 豬蹄 zhū tí pig trotters syn 铸铁 鑄鐵 zhù tiě pig iron / foundry iron syn 母猪 母豬 mǔ zhū sow / mother pig 贪财 貪財 tān cái to be greedy in getting money syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 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 syn 乳猪 乳豬 rǔ zhū suckling pig 贪官 貪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin syn 生铁 生鐵 shēng tiě pig iron syn 汗如雨下 hàn rú yǔ xià sweating like rain (idiom) / to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig syn 猪舍 豬舍 zhū shè pig shed syn 肥肠 肥腸 féi cháng pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff) syn 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 大吃 dà chī to gorge oneself / to pig out 猪狗 豬狗 zhū gǒu pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund 小白鼠 xiǎo bái shǔ white mouse / lab mouse / lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig 猪链球菌 豬鏈球菌 zhū liàn qiú jūn pig streptococcus / streptococcus suis 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 贪食 貪食 tān shí gluttonous / greedy 猪 豬 zhū hog / pig / swine / CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2] syn 贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 天竺鼠 tiān zhú shǔ guinea pig / cavy syn 馋 饞 chán gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving syn 豚 tún suckling pig syn 大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself syn 饕 tāo (literary) greedy / gluttonous syn 毛猪 毛豬 máo zhū live pig syn 馋涎欲滴 饞涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy syn 餮 tiè (literary) greedy / gluttonous 佩奇 pèi qí Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon 荷兰猪 荷蘭豬 hé lán zhū guinea pig 饕餮之徒 tāo tiè zhī tú glutton / gourmand / by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc syn 贪婪无厌 貪婪無厭 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 豭 jiā boar / male pig 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom) / fig. greedy to seize sth 桀贪骜诈 桀貪驁詐 jié tān ào zhà brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) 贪心不足 貪心不足 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 贪求无厌 貪求無厭 tān qiú wú yàn insatiably greedy (idiom) 贪猥无厌 貪猥無厭 tān wěi wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied 杀彘教子 殺彘教子 shā zhì jiào zǐ to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom) / parents must teach by example 豜 jiān fully grown pig / 3-year old pig 猪血糕 豬血糕 zhū xiě gāo pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces 三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig / later pig, chicken and fish) syn 生猪 生豬 shēng zhū live pig / pig on the hoof syn 亄 yì covetous / greedy / stingy 嚵 chán (variant of 饞|馋[chan2]) gluttonous / greedy 多吃多占 多吃多佔 duō chī duō zhàn taking or eating more than one's due (idiom) / greedy and selfish 血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu 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 tān jué mù wèi to be greedy for nobility and admire social position (idiom) 贪色 貪色 tān sè greedy for sex / given to lust for women syn 馋人 饞人 chán rén to make one's mouth water / appetizing / greedy person / glutton 吃人不吐骨头 吃人不吐骨頭 chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu ruthless / vicious and greedy 贪馋 貪饞 tān chán gluttonous / greedy / insatiable / avid 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè - nán tián (idiom) insatiably greedy syn 豝 bā corned beef / female pig / sow 巴克夏猪 巴克夏豬 bā kè xià zhū Berkshire pig / Berkshire swine 豶 fén gelded pig 豵 zōng litter of pigs / little pig 彐 jì pig snout (Kangxi radical 58) 豖 chù a shackled pig 豚足袋狸属 豚足袋狸屬 tún zú dài lí shǔ pig-footed 囊揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 悟能 wù néng Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West) 爪尖儿 爪尖兒 zhuǎ jiān r pig's trotters syn 胡吃海喝 hú chī hǎi hē to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out 猪下水 豬下水 zhū xià shuǐ pig offal 猪尾巴 豬尾巴 zhū wěi ba pig's tail (meat) 猪悟能 豬悟能 zhū wù néng Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West) 猪狗不如 豬狗不如 zhū gǒu bù rú worse than a dog or pig / lower than low 豱 wēn short-headed pig 顽梗 頑梗 wán gěng obstinate / stubborn / pig-headed syn 太牢 tài láo (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig) 尼帕病毒 ní pà bìng dú pig virus / Nipah virus 猪蓝耳病 豬藍耳病 zhū lán ěr bìng blue-ear pig disease 清管器 qīng guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 刮管器 guā guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 葵鼠 kuí shǔ guinea pig 豮 豶 fén gelded pig 死猪不怕开水烫 死豬不怕開水燙 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying) / fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences 架子猪 架子豬 jià zi zhū feeder pig 壳郎猪 殼郎豬 ké lang zhū (coll.) feeder pig 猪笼 豬籠 zhū lóng cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport 猪精 豬精 zhū jīng pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics 杀猪盘 殺豬盤 shā zhū pán pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money) / (esp.) romance scam 白皮猪 白皮豬 bái pí zhū (derog.) white person / white pig 