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貪
得
無
厭
[
贪
-
无
厌
]
Jyutping
taam1 dak1 mou4 jim3
Pinyin
tān dé wú yàn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
形容詞
非常貪心,永遠都唔滿足
to have an insatiable desire for sth
做人唔好咁貪得無厭。
做人唔好咁贪得无厌。
zou6 jan4 m4 hou2 gam3 taam1 dak1 mou4 jim3.
One should not have an insatiable appetite.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
avaricious; greedy; not able to settle for less
(syn.) 得隴望蜀, 得陇望蜀
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
贪得无厌。
貪得無厭。
tān dé wú yàn 。
Insatiably greedy.
Appetite comes with eating.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
做人唔好咁贪得无厌。
做人唔好咁貪得無厭。
zou6 jan4 m4 hou2 gam3 taam1 dak1 mou4 jim3.
One should not have an insatiable appetite.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
贪得无厌
貪得無厭
tān dé wú yàn
to have an insatiable greed