贪婪
tānlán
greedy; avaricious
Characters in this word
婪 lán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 贪婪的扩张策略最终使公司背上沉重债务。 Tānlán de kuòzhāng cèlüè zuìzhōng shǐ gōngsī bēi shang chénzhòng zhàiwù. The greedy expansion strategy ultimately saddled the company with heavy debt.
- 贪婪的商人为了赚钱，不惜欺骗自己的客户。 Tānlán de shāngrén wèile zhuànqián, bùxī qīpiàn zìjǐ de kèhù. The greedy merchant did not hesitate to deceive his own customers in order to make money.
- 别这么贪婪，钱够用就行了。 Bié zhème tānlán, qián gòu yòng jiù xíng le. Don't be so greedy — enough money to live on is enough.
Related words
- 贪 tān to covet; greedy
- 贪吃 tānchī gluttonous; fond of eating
- 贪污 tānwū to embezzle; corruption
- 自私 zìsī selfish
- 偷懒 tōulǎn slack off; shirk work
- 顽固 wángù stubborn; obstinate; persistent
- 退缩 tuìsuō to shrink back; to flinch
- 愚蠢 yúchǔn foolish; stupid
- 虚荣 xūróng vanity; vain
- 虚伪 xūwěi hypocritical; false
- 自负 zìfù conceited; arrogant
- 自满 zìmǎn complacent; self-satisfied