there is no limit to lust and covetousness(tān yù wú yì)

there is no limit to lust and covetousness

Greed without skill, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ā NY ù w ú y ì, which means that the reactionary ruling class plundered people's wealth indefinitely. From Guoyu Jinyu 8.

Idiom explanation

Desire: desire; Art: standard and criterion, which extend to law and limit. There is no limit to the desire for property. It refers to the reactionary ruling class's unlimited search for people's wealth.

The origin of Idioms

In Guoyu · Jinyu 8, it is said that "when you reach Huanzi, you should be proud of Thailand, extravagant, greedy and incompetent. If you want to do something, you should be ambitious. If you want to borrow money, you should pay bribes

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or object; used in writing

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, a man from the state of Jin went to visit Han xuanzi. Han xuanzi said that he was a Qing in name, but in fact he had little wealth. He was surprised that his uncle congratulated him. Uncle Xiang said that when Luan Wuzi was the prime minister in the past, there was only one servant and a hundred hectares of land in his family. People all respected him, but his son Huan Zi took bribes after the prime minister, which almost caused death.

Chinese PinYin : tān yù wú yì