欲壑难填 — Chinese idiom
欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
Traditional: 慾壑難填
Meaning
- insatiably greedy
Character by character
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 壑hègully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 填tiánto fill, to pad, to stuff
Idioms sharing a character
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 喷薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū
- 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián
- 昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì
- 畅所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán
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