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贪婪

tān lán

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 貪婪

What 贪婪 means

1. avaricious
2. greedy
3. rapacious
4. insatiable
5. avid

The characters in 贪婪

• 贪tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 婪lánavaricious

Example sentences

• 我不贪婪。
  Wǒ bù tānlán.
  I'm not greedy.
• 守财奴积聚钱财不是因为他谨慎，而是因为他贪婪。
  Shǒucáinú jījù qiáncái bù shì yīnwèi tā jǐnshèn, érshì yīnwèi tā tānlán.
  A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.

Words starting with 贪婪

• 贪婪无厌tān lán wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied