Insatiably greedy.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
贪得无厌
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 贪得无厌 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 贪得无厌.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 贪得无厌.
Directly before
- 些贪得无厌1
Directly after
- 贪得无厌的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 贪得无厌
What does 贪得无厌 mean in Chinese?
贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn) means avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied.
How do you pronounce 贪得无厌?
贪得无厌 is pronounced tāndéwúyàn.
Is 贪得无厌 an HSK word?
贪得无厌 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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