Usage of the character 贪
tān
贪
[貪]
- to have a voracious desire for
- to covet
- greedy
- corrupt
tānlán
贪婪
[貪婪]
- avaricious
- greedy
- rapacious
- insatiable
- avid
tānxīn
贪心
[貪心]
- greedy
tānbēi
贪杯
[貪杯]
- to drink in excess
tānwū
贪污
[貪污]
- to be corrupt
- corruption
- to embezzle
tāndú
贪渎
[貪瀆]
- (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
tāntú
贪图
[貪圖]
- to covet
- to seek (riches, fame)
tānzuǐ
贪嘴
[貪嘴]
- gluttonous
tānfǔ
贪腐
[貪腐]
- corruption
tānqiú
贪求
[貪求]
- to pursue greedily
- to crave
tānchī
贪吃
[貪吃]
- gluttonous; voracious
tāncái
贪财
[貪財]
- to be greedy in getting money
tānshí
贪食
[貪食]
- gluttonous; greedy
tānliàn
贪恋
[貪戀]
- to cling to
- to be reluctant to give up (sth)
- to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
tānsè
贪色
[貪色]
- greedy for sex
- given to lust for women
tānbǐ
贪鄙
[貪鄙]
- to be avaricious and mean
tānchán
贪馋
[貪饞]
- gluttonous
- greedy
- insatiable
- avid
tānyù
贪欲
[貪慾]
- greed
- avarice
- rapacious
- avid
tānguān
贪官
[貪官]
- corrupt official
- grasping functionary
- greedy mandarin
tānzhàn
贪占
[貪占]
- to misappropriate
fǎntān
反贪
[反貪]
- anti-corruption (policy)
tānwán
贪玩
[貪玩]
- to only want to have a good time
- to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
tānwánr
贪玩儿
[貪玩兒]
- erhua variant of 貪玩／贪玩 (tānwán)
fǎntānwū
反贪污
[反貪污]
- anticorruption
fǎntānfǔ
反贪腐
[反貪腐]
- anti-corruption
tānchīzhě
贪吃者
[貪吃者]
- glutton
tānchīguǐ
贪吃鬼
[貪吃鬼]
- glutton
- chowhound
tāndéwúyàn
贪得无厌
[貪得無厭]
- avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tānwěiwúyàn
贪猥无厌
[貪猥無厭]
- avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
qǐzǎotānhēi
起早贪黑
[起早貪黑]
- to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
tānguānwūlì
贪官污吏
[貪官污吏]
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
tānwūfǔbài
贪污腐败
[貪污腐敗]
- corruption
tānhuìwúyì
贪贿无艺
[貪賄無藝]
- greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption
tāntiānzhīgōng
贪天之功
[貪天之功]
- to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
tānshēngpàsǐ
贪生怕死
[貪生怕死]
- greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
- clinging abjectly to life
- only interested in saving one's neck
tānzāngwǎngfǎ
贪赃枉法
[貪贓枉法]
- corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
hàojiǔtānbēi
好酒贪杯
[好酒貪杯]
- fond of the bottle (idiom)
tānqiúwúyàn
贪求无厌
[貪求無厭]
- insatiably greedy (idiom)
tānwūfǔhuà
贪汙腐化
[貪汙腐化]
- corruption
jiétān'àozhà
桀贪骜诈
[桀貪驁詐]
- brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
tānxiǎoshīdà
贪小失大
[貪小失大]
- penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
tāndéwúyàn
贪得无餍
[貪得無饜]
- variant of 貪得無厭／贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
tānxīnbùzú
贪心不足
[貪心不足]
- avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tānlánwúyàn
贪婪无厌
[貪婪無厭]
- avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tānduōjiáobùlàn
贪多嚼不烂
[貪多嚼不爛]
- to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
tānlánshìwàn'èzhīyuán
贪婪是万恶之源
[貪婪是萬惡之源]
- Greed is the root of all evil.