貪得無厭

See also: 贪得无厌

Chinese

		greedy	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	not have	loathe
trad. (貪得無厭)		貪	得	無	厭
simp. (贪得无厌)		贪	得	无	厌
alternative forms		貪得無饜／贪得无餍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāndéwúyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ dak¹ mou⁴ jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāndéwúyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tandéwúyàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-tê²-wu²-yen⁴
    • Yale: tān-dé-wú-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanderwuyann
    • Palladius: таньдэуянь (tanʹdɛujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ u³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ dak¹ mou⁴ jim³
    • Yale: tāam dāk mòuh yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ dak⁷ mou⁴ jim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ deg¹ mou⁴ yim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ jiːm³³/

Idiom

貪得無厭

1. avaricious; greedy; not able to settle for less

Synonyms

• 得隴望蜀／得陇望蜀 (délǒngwàngshǔ)

References

• “貪得無厭”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.