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): ㄊㄢㄉㄜˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ dak¹ mou⁴ jim³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāndéwúyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄉㄜˊ 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

avaricious; greedy; not able to settle for less

Synonyms

得隴望蜀／得陇望蜀 (délǒngwàngshǔ)

References

“Entry #50952”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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