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婪 lán

to covet; covetous, avaricious

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
女
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 林女 ⿱林女

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  1. 他的眼神里充满了贪婪。
    Tā de yǎnshén lǐ chōngmǎnle tānlán.
    His eyes were full of greed.
    his (particle) eye-expression in fill-full (particle) greed
  2. 你觉得他贪婪吗？
    Nǐ juéde tā tānlán ma?
    Do you think he's greedy?
    you think he greedy (question)
  3. 我们不应该表现得太贪婪。
    Wǒmen bù yīnggāi biǎoxiàn de tài tānlán.
    We shouldn't appear too greedy.
    we not should behave (particle) too greedy
  4. 他做生意并不贪婪，总是很公道。
    Tā zuò shēngyi bìng bù tānlán, zǒngshì hěn gōngdao.
    He isn't greedy at all in business, he's always fair.
    he do business not-at-all not greedy, always very fair
  5. 正是因为贪婪，他最终失去了所有的朋友。
    Zhèngshì yīnwèi tānlán, tā zuìzhōng shīqùle suǒyǒu de péngyou.
    It was precisely because of greed that he ultimately lost all his friends.
    exactly because greed, he finally lose (particle) all (particle) friend

Words with 婪 (1)