贪 - tān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

fun-loving; playful; to love to play; to love fun and games; to be too fond of play; to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun (and to shy away from self-discipline); prone to procrastination; to hanker after fun and games

贪腐

tān fǔ

corruption

贪色

tān sè

greedy for sex; given to lust for women

贪财

tān cái

to be greedy in getting money

贪鄙

tān bǐ

to be avaricious and mean

greedy; glutton

gluttonous; greedy; insatiable; avid

glutton

glutton; chowhound

corruption

corruption

anti-corruption (policy)

anticorruption

anti-corruption

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

Idioms (14)

贪天之功

tān tiān zhī gōng

to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)

贪婪无厌

tān lán wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪官污吏

tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

贪小失大

tān xiǎo shī dà

penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)

贪得无厌

tān dé wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪心不足

tān xīn bù zú

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪求无厌

tān qiú wú yàn

insatiably greedy (idiom)

贪猥无厌

tān wěi wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

贪生怕死

tān shēng pà sǐ

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck

贪贿无艺

tān huì wú yì

greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption

贪赃枉法

tān zāng wǎng fǎ

corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law

贪多嚼不烂

tān duō jiáo bù làn

to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)

好酒贪杯

hǎo jiǔ tān bēi

good wine taken in excess (idiom); fond of the bottle

桀贪骜诈

jié tān ào zhà

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

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