贪心

貪心

tānxīn

adjective #12,431

Meanings

1 greedy
2 avaricious

Characters

greedy; to covet

Examples

HSK 1

做人不能太贪心。

Zuòrén bùnéng tài tānxīn.

One shouldn't be too greedy.

HSK 5

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