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tān
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 贪

贪吃鬼
tān chī guǐ

glutton

反贪
fǎn tān

anti-corruption (policy)

贪求
tān qiú

to pursue greedily

反贪污
fǎn tān wū

anticorruption

贪欲
tān yù

greed

贪污
tān wū

to be corrupt

贪贿无艺
tān huì wú yì

greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption

贪玩
tān wán

to only want to have a good time

贪恋
tān liàn

to cling to

贪得无厌
tān dé wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪求无厌
tān qiú wú yàn

insatiably greedy (idiom)

贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

贪吃者
tān chī zhě

glutton

贪吃
tān chī

gluttonous; voracious

贪心不足
tān xīn bù zú

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪汙腐化
tān wū fǔ huà

corruption

贪嘴
tān zuǐ

gluttonous

好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi

fond of the bottle (idiom)

贪赃枉法
tān zāng wǎng fǎ

corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law

贪杯
tān bēi

to drink in excess

贪财
tān cái

to be greedy in getting money

贪天之功
tān tiān zhī gōng

to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)

桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

贪馋
tān chán

gluttonous

贪婪无厌
tān lán wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪色
tān sè

greedy for sex

贪污腐败
tān wū fǔ bài

corruption

贪渎
tān dú

(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty

贪图
tān tú

to covet

贪腐
tān fǔ

corruption

贪食
tān shí

gluttonous; greedy

贪心
tān xīn

greedy

贪猥无厌
tān wěi wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪多嚼不烂
tān duō jiáo bù làn

to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)

贪鄙
tān bǐ

to be avaricious and mean

贪生怕死
tān shēng pà sǐ

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly

贪婪
tān lán

avaricious

起早贪黑
qǐ zǎo tān hēi

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

贪婪是万恶之源
tān lán shì wàn è zhī yuán

Greed is the root of all evil.

贪小失大
tān xiǎo shī dà

penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)

贪占
tān zhàn

to misappropriate

贪官
tān guān

corrupt official

反贪腐
fǎn tān fǔ

anti-corruption