贪
tān
to have a voracious desire for
to covet; greedy; corrupt
他太贪了，什么都想要。
tā tài tān le，shén me dōu xiǎng yào。
He is too greedy — he wants everything.
那个官员因为贪钱被抓了。
nà ge guān yuán yīn wèi tān qián bèi zhuā le。
That official was caught because he coveted money.
Words with 贪
贪渎
tān dú
(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
贪生怕死
tān shēng pà sǐ
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
贪嘴
tān zuǐ
gluttonous
反贪
fǎn tān
anti-corruption (policy)
反贪污
fǎn tān wū
anticorruption
反贪腐
fǎn tān fǔ
anti-corruption
好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
fond of the bottle (idiom)
桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
贪占
tān zhàn
to misappropriate
贪吃
tān chī
gluttonous; voracious
贪吃鬼
tān chī guǐ
glutton
贪图
tān tú
to covet