avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
trad. 貪得無厭
Also written 貪得無厭【tān dé wú yàn】
Characters in this word
4贪
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to have a voracious desire for, to covet, greedy, corrupt
- Pinyin
- tān
- Traditional
- 貪
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 27733 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
厌
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(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with, (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Traditional
- 厭
- Strokes
- 6