欲壑难填

欲壑难填
yùhènántián
greed is a valley that can never be filled; avarice knows no bounds
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boundless avarice
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boundless avarice
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yu4 he4 nan2 tian2
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed, carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
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欲壑难填
yù hè nán tián
Greed is like a valley that can never be filled.; Avarice knows no bounds.; boundless ambition; Greed is hard to satisfy.; The gully of desires is hard to fill up.
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慾壑難填|欲壑难填 [yù hè nán tián] bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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