贪心

貪心

tānxīn

adjective #12,431

Meanings

1 greedy
2 avaricious

Characters

greedy; to covet

Examples

做人不能太贪心。

Zuòrén bùnéng tài tānxīn.

One shouldn't be too greedy.

他贪心不足，最后什么也没得到。

Tā tānxīn bùzú, zuìhòu shénme yě méi dédào.

He was insatiably greedy and ended up with nothing.

Tips

usage

贪心 can function as both an adjective (greedy) and a noun (greed). The idiom 贪心不足蛇吞象 (a greedy snake tries to swallow an elephant) warns against excessive greed.

Stroke Order

贪 tān

心 xīn