贪 (貪) tān

1. tān verb to be greedy; to lust after
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '貪'; Guoyu '貪' v 1; Kroll 2015 '貪' 1, p. 4411; Unihan '貪'; XHZD '贪', p. 726)
2. tān verb to embezzle; to graft
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '貪' v 2; XHZD '贪' 2, p. 726)
3. tān verb to prefer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貪' 2, p. 441)
4. tān verb to search for; to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 探 (Guoyu '貪' v 3; Kroll 2015 '貪' 3, p. 44)
5. tān adjective corrupt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '貪'; Guoyu '貪' adj)

Contained in

• 贪官汙吏(貪官汙吏) corrupt officials
• 贪求无厌(貪求無厭) insatiably greedy
• 贪污(貪污) to embezzle; to be corrupt
• 贪猥无厌(貪猥無厭) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 贪赃枉法(貪贓枉法) to take bribes and bend the law
• 贪婪无厌(貪婪無厭) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 贪贿无艺(貪賄無藝) greed for bribes knows no bounds; unbridled corruption
• 贪小便宜(貪小便宜) to conspire for the sake of a small advantage
• 贪求(貪求) to avidly seek
• 贪婪是万恶之源(貪婪是萬惡之源) Greed is the root of all evil.
• 贪吃者(貪吃者) glutton
• 贪天之功(貪天之功) to claim credit for other people's achievements
• 贪馋(貪饞) gluttonous; greedy; insatiable; avid
• 好酒贪杯(好酒貪杯) fond of the bottle
• 君贪(君貪) greedy ruler
• 贪心(貪心) greedy
• 贪吃(貪吃) gluttonous; voracious
• 贪汙腐化(貪汙腐化) corruption
• 起早贪黑(起早貪黑) to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
• 贪小失大(貪小失大) penny wise and pound foolish
• 贪欲(貪慾) greed; avarice
• 反贪(反貪) anti-corruption (policy)
• 贪渎(貪瀆) (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
• 反贪腐(反貪腐) anti-corruption
• 贪慕(貪慕) to adore with clinging
• 贪玩(貪玩) to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun
• 贪恋(貪戀) to cling to
• 贪得无厌(貪得無厭) greedy and never satisfied
• 贪图(貪圖) to covet; to seek
• 贪嘴(貪嘴) gluttonous
• 贪腐(貪腐) corruption
• 成贪鄙之化(成貪鄙之化) encouraging tendencies to selfishness and greed
• 桀贪骜诈(桀貪驁詐) brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful
• 贪婪(貪婪) avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
• 贪污腐败(貪污腐敗) corruption
• 贪色(貪色) greedy for sex; given to lust for women
• 有贪有仁(有貪有仁) both greed and benevolence
• 贪汙(貪汙) corruption
• 悭贪(慳貪) to be greedy
• 贪鄙(貪鄙) to be avaricious and mean
• 贪占(貪占) to misappropriate
• 贪财(貪財) to be greedy in getting money
• 贪生怕死(貪生怕死) greedy for life, afraid of death; craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life
• 贪心不足(貪心不足) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 贪吃鬼(貪吃鬼) glutton; chowhound
• 贪杯(貪杯) to drink in excess
• 贪多嚼不烂(貪多嚼不爛) to bite off more than one can chew
• 贪官(貪官) corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
• 反贪污(反貪污) anticorruption
• 贪官污吏(貪官污吏) grasping officials, corrupt mandarins; abuse and corruption

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 15
• 卷一百六十四 列傳第五十二 鄒緝 弋謙 黃澤 范濟 聊讓 左鼎 曹凱 劉煒 單宇 張昭 高瑤 Volume 164 Biographies 52: Zou Ji, Yi Qian, Huang Ze, Fan Ji, Liao Rang, Zuo Ding, Cao Kai, Liu Wei, Dan Yu, Zhang Zhao, Gao Yao History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
• 卷21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 12
• 卷十九　　列傳第七:　文成五王 獻文六王 孝文六王 Volume 19 Biographies 7: Wen Cheng's Five Sons, Xianwen's Six Sons, Xiaowen's Six Sons History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 12
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 11
• 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 卷二百一十 列傳第九十八 桑喬 謝瑜 何維柏 徐學詩 厲汝進 王宗茂 周冕 趙錦 吳時來 張翀 董傳策 鄒應龍 林潤 Volume 210 Biographies 98: Sang Qiao, Xie Yu, He Weibai, Xu Xueshi, Li Rujin, Wang Zongmao, Zhou Mian, Zhao Jin, Wu Shilai, Zhang Chong, Dong Chuance, Zou Yinglong, Lin Run History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 卷一百六十一 列傳第四十九 周新 李昌祺 陳士啟 應履平 林碩 況鍾 陳本深 彭勖 夏時 黃潤玉 楊瓚 劉實 陳選 夏寅 陳壯 張昺 宋端儀 Volume 161 Biographies 49: Zhou Xin, Li Changqi, Chen Shiqi, Ying Luping, Lin Shuo, Kuang Zhong, Chen Benshen, Peng Xu, Xia Shi, Huang Runyu, Yang Zan, Liu Shi, Chen Xuan, Xia Yin, Chen Zhuang, Zhang Bing, Song Duanyi History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 10
• 卷四　Scroll 4 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 9

Collocations

• 贪利 (貪利) 貪利之人 — Guanzi 管子, 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts — count: 19
• 贪乱 (貪亂) 民之貪亂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧桑柔 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Sang Rou — count: 5
• 民贪 (民貪) 故其民貪麤而好勇 — Guanzi 管子, 水地第三十九 Chapter 39: Water and Earth — count: 4
• 诸侯贪 (諸侯貪) 諸侯貪冒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 贪愎 (貪愎) 五曰貪愎喜利 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 十過第十 Chapter 10: Ten Faults — count: 4
• 贪人 (貪人) 貪人敗類 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧桑柔 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Sang Rou — count: 3
• 贪禄 (貪祿) 貪祿者見利不顧身 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 3
• 多贪 (多貪) 大夫多貪 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 贪生 (貪生) 非不貪生而畏死也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 贪惏 (貪惏) 狄固貪惏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3