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túi tham

Pronunciation Northern /tuj˧˥ tʰaːm˧˧/ Central /tṵj˩˧ tʰaːm˧˥/ Southern /tuj˧˥ tʰaːm˧˧/
greed
Noun
greed
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
greed Discourse & LogicTheme

A túi tham is a metaphorical expression used to describe a person's bottomless and completely insatiable greed.

vi Túi tham của lão nhà giàu đó thật không biết bao nhiêu là đủ.

en That rich man's greed is truly bottomless.

Parts
túi / tham / 繓貪
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
繓貪
Candidates by syllable
túi 繓(襊) tham 貪
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
lòng tham / máu tham / túi / túi khí …
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Use
bỏ túi / túi xách / dằn túi / chuột túi …
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