贪
婪

Avaricious in Chinese: 贪婪 (tān lán)

tān lán

avaricious

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 貪婪1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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贪
婪

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ㄊㄢ

tān

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄌㄢˊ

lán

ㄌ/ lㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

贪婪

Simplified

貪婪

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他用贪婪的眼神看着那些钱。

    tā yòng tān lán de yǎn shén kàn zhe nà xiē qián。

    He stared at the money with greedy eyes.

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Related words

贪

tān

to have a voracious desire for

贪污

tān wū

to be corrupt

贪玩儿

tān wánr

Greedy

摊

tān

to spread out

瘫

tān

paralyzed

瘫痪

tān huàn

paralysis

坛

tán

platform

谈不上

tán bu shàng

to be out of the question

谈到

tán dào

to refer to

谈论

tán lùn

to discuss

谈起

tán qǐ

to mention

痰

tán

phlegm

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