贪婪是万恶之源

tān lán shì wàn è zhī yuán

释义

1. Greed is the root of all evil.

贪婪是万恶之源 的构成词

• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 恶 è: evil
• 恶 wù: to hate
• 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)
• 万 wàn: ten thousand
• 贪 tān: to have a voracious desire for
• 贪婪 tān lán: avaricious
• 婪 lán: avaricious
• 源 yuán: root
• 万恶 wàn è: everything that is evil
• 万恶之源 wàn è zhī yuán: the root of all evil