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贪
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Definitions
- 1. to have a voracious desire for
- 2. to covet
- 3. greedy
- 4. corrupt
Words Containing 贪
glutton
anti-corruption (policy)
to pursue greedily
anticorruption
greed
to be corrupt
greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption
to only want to have a good time
to cling to
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
insatiably greedy (idiom)
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
glutton
gluttonous; voracious
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
corruption
gluttonous
fond of the bottle (idiom)
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
to drink in excess
to be greedy in getting money
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
gluttonous
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
greedy for sex
corruption
(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
to covet
corruption
gluttonous; greedy
greedy
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
to be avaricious and mean
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
avaricious
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
Greed is the root of all evil.
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
to misappropriate
corrupt official
anti-corruption