Adj.avaricious; greedy; rapacious

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Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 贪婪.
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Practice writing 贪婪 (tān lán) with our free printable handwriting worksheet

Character Breakdown

贪婪 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 贪婪 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 贪婪 with other words naturally.
Verb + Complementwith变得
biàn
tān
lán
neutral
become greedy
Adverb + Adjectivewith非常
fēi
cháng
tān
lán
neutral
extremely greedy
Adjective + Nounwith
tān
lán
de
rén
neutral
greedy person
Idiomwith成性
tān
lán
chéng
xìng
formal
habitually greedy
Adverb + Verbwith索取
tān
lán
suǒ
formalWritten
take greedily

Example Sentences with 贪婪

hěn
tān
lán
xiǎng
yào
hěn
duō
qián
He is greedy and wants a lot of money.
tān
lán
zhe
zhī
shi
fǎng仿
yǒng
yuǎn
mǎn
He greedily absorbs knowledge, as if he can never be satisfied.
zhè
zhǒng
duì
quán
de
tān
lán
zhuī
qiú
zuì
zhōng
dǎo
zhì
le
zhī
de
bēng
kuì
This greedy pursuit of power ultimately led to the collapse of the organization.
tān
lán
de
rén
zǒng
shì
mǎn
yǒu
de
dōng
西
Greedy people are never satisfied with what they have.
nán
dào
rèn
wéi
zhè
zhǒng
xiū
zhǐ
de
tān
lán
huì
huǐ
diào
qiè
ma
Don't you think this endless greed will destroy everything?
bìng
fēi
tān
lán
zhī
rén
fǎn
ér
duì
zhì
xiǎng
shòu
xiāng
dāng
dàn
He is not a greedy person; on the contrary, he is quite indifferent to material pleasures.
tān
lán
de
wàng
ràng
shī
le
péng
yǒu
jiā
rén
de
xìn
rèn
His greedy desires caused him to lose the trust of friends and family.
jǐn
guǎn
biǎo
miàn
shàng
qiǎn
tān
lán
dàn
xià
què
biǎo
xiàn
wéi
tān
lán
Although he publicly condemns greed, he behaves extremely greedily in private.