| 釋義 |
貪得無厭tān dé wú yànbe as greedy as a wolf;be insatiably acquisitive (/avaricious/covetous/gluttonous/rapacious/ravenous/vulturous)
? 鳳姐本是～的人，如今被抄凈盡，自然愁苦，又恐人埋怨，正是幾不欲生的時候。(《紅樓夢》1379) Xifeng was in satiably acquisitive.The loss of all her possessions had naturally cut her to the quick,in addition to which she had dreaded being held to blame and felt life was not worth living.
? 這個人心計毒辣、～，說要多少金條，就要多少，少一分錢也不買帳！(羅廣斌、楊益言《紅巖》353) He’s a vicious,greedy devil. We had to give all the gold bars he asked for; he wouldn’t take a cent less!/俗話說得好，生姜越是老來越是辣，他骨節(jié)崚嶒的大手， 手指上的長甲， 他～的性子， 隨著年歲的增長，更加殘忍了！ (梁斌《紅旗譜》68) Well does the proverb say: Old ginger is the sharpest. Just as the nails on his gnarled hands grew longer,his greed grew more insatiable year by year!/樂正后夔取之，生伯封，實有豕心，貪婪無厭，分類無期，謂之封豕。(《左傳·昭二十八年》 1562) The prince Kui,minister of music,married her,and she bore to him Bofeng,who in truth had the heart of a pig,insatiably covetous and gluttonous,quarrelsome and perverse without measure,so that men called him “the great Pig”. 貪得無厭be insatiably avaricious; insatiable greed 貪得無厭tān dé wú yàn厭：滿足。形容貪心非常重，不知道滿足。be insatiably avaricious, as greedy as wolf, skin a flint, flay a flint, be greedy for gain |