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贪得无厌

tān dé wú yàn
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

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Child Words of 贪得无厌

得
dé

to obtain

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

得
děi

to have to

无
wú

not to have

贪
tān

to have a voracious desire for

厌
yàn

(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with

得无
dé wú

(literary) isn't it that...?