insatiably covetous and gluttonous(tān yù wú yàn)

insatiably covetous and gluttonous

Insatiable, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ā NY ù w ú y à n, which means insatiable greed, greed is never satisfied. The source is Zhao ceyi.

Analysis of Idioms

Greed without skill

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing

Idiom story

Zhao ceyi: after Zhibo led the army of Zhao, Han and Wei to destroy the paradigm and the Bank of China and divided up their land, he successively asked Han Kangzi and Wei xuanzi for land, and Han and Wei each sent a ten thousand city to Zhibo. Zhibo asked the state of Zhao for Lincheng (now Lishi County in Shanxi Province) and gaolang (northwest of Lishi county), but Zhao Xiangzi refused. Zhibo secretly colluded with South Korea and Wei to attack Zhao. Zhao retreated to Jinyang (now southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi). They surrounded and broke the Bank of Jinshui River to irrigate the city. Three years later, the situation in Jinyang was very critical. Zhang mengtan, the counsellor of Xiangzi, secretly met Han Kangzi and Wei xuanzi, and made them plan to attack Zhibo. To the date of the operation, they "killed the officials guarding the dike, and decided to irrigate the Zhibo army. Zhibo army saved the water and caused chaos. Han and Wei Yi attacked it. Xiangzi general attacked Zhibo army and defeated Zhibo army. Knowing that Bo's body is dead and the country is divided into two parts, he laughs for the whole world, which is insatiable.

Chinese PinYin : tān yù wú yàn