Keyword
greedy
- covetous
- corrupt
- Frequency
- #1627
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
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Mnemonic
贝 (money) gives the meaning and 今 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
贪污
to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle
贪婪
avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
贪腐
corruption
贪
to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
贪官
corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
贪心
greedy
贪污腐败
corruption
反贪
anti-corruption (policy)
贪官污吏
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
贪图
to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
贪得无厌
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪吃
gluttonous; voracious
贪欲
greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
贪玩
to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
贪恋
to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
贪财
to be greedy in getting money
贪念
greed
贪渎
(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
反贪污
anticorruption
贪色
greedy for sex; given to lust for women
贪生怕死
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck
起早贪黑
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
贪赃枉法
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
贪食
gluttonous; greedy