桀贪骜诈 — Chinese idiom
桀贪骜诈
jié tān ào zhà
Traditional: 桀貪驁詐
Meaning
- brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful
Character by character
- 桀jiéchicken roost; ancient emperor
- 贪tāngreedy, covetous; corrupt
- 骜àowild horse, mustang; wild, free
- 诈zhàto cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
Idioms sharing a character
- 桀骜不驯 jié ào bù xùn
- 好酒贪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi
- 贪天之功 tān tiān zhī gōng
- 贪婪无厌 tān lán wú yàn
- 贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì
- 贪小失大 tān xiǎo shī dà
- 贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn
- 贪心不足 tān xīn bù zú
- 贪求无厌 tān qiú wú yàn
- 贪污腐化 tān wū fǔ huà
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