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tham lam

Pronunciation Northern /tʰaːm˧˧ laːm˧˧/ Central /tʰaːm˧˥ laːm˧˥/ Southern /tʰaːm˧˧ laːm˧˧/
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greedy
Adjective
greedy

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
greedy

Having an excessive desire for wealth or possessions and wanting to keep them all.

vi Kẻ tham lam luôn muốn chiếm hết mọi thứ cho riêng mình.

en The greedy person always wants to keep everything for themselves.

Parts
tham / lam / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 貪婪 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 貪婪

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
貪婪
Candidates by syllable
tham 貪 lam 藍(婪)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
nhuôm nhuôm / biển lận / hám lợi / tham khảo …
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Use
tham gia / tham chiến / tham số / phương trình tham số …
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