| 1 | 贪婪 | 貪婪 | tān lán | tan1 lan2 | avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid | | |
| 2 | 贪污 | 貪污 | tān wū | tan1 wu1 | to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle | | |
| 3 | 贪 | 貪 | tān | tan1 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | | |
| 4 | 贪财 | 貪財 | tān cái | tan1 cai2 | to be greedy in getting money | | |
| 5 | 贪渎 | 貪瀆 | tān dú | tan1 du2 | (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty | | |
| 6 | 贪得无厌 | 貪得無厭 | tān dé wú yàn | tan1 de2 wu2 yan4 | variant of 贪得无厌 ; avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | | |
| 7 | 贪大求全 | 貪大求全 | tān dà qiú quán | tan1 da4 qiu2 quan2 | to think grandiosely (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 贪吃懒做 | 貪吃懶做 | tān chī lǎn zuò | tan1 chi1 lan3 zuo4 | a lazy glutton (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 贪吃鬼 | 貪吃鬼 | tān chī guǐ | tan1 chi1 gui3 | glutton; chowhound | | |
| 10 | 贪吃 | 貪吃 | tān chī | tan1 chi1 | gluttonous; voracious | | |
| 11 | 贪馋 | 貪饞 | tān chán | tan1 chan2 | gluttonous; greedy; insatiable; avid | | |
| 12 | 羊狠狼贪 | 羊狠狼貪 | yáng hěn láng tān | yang2 hen3 lang2 tan1 | to exploit and oppress the people (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 贪财好贿 | 貪財好賄 | tān cái hào huì | tan1 cai2 hao4 hui4 | to covet wealth and solicit bribes (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 贪财害命 | 貪財害命 | tān cái hài mìng | tan1 cai2 hai4 ming4 | to kill for money (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 反贪 | 反貪 | fǎn tān | fan3 tan1 | anti-corruption (policy) | | |
| 16 | 贪鄙 | 貪鄙 | tān bǐ | tan1 bi3 | to be avaricious and mean | | |
| 17 | 贪杯好赌 | 貪杯好賭 | tān bēi hào dǔ | tan1 bei1 hao4 du3 | to love wine and gambling (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 贪杯 | 貪杯 | tān bēi | tan1 bei1 | to drink in excess | | |
| 19 | 忍辱贪生 | 忍辱貪生 | rěn rǔ tān shēng | ren3 ru3 tan1 sheng1 | Swallow insults to remain alive. (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 起早贪黑 | 起早貪黑 | qǐ zǎo tān hēi | qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1 | to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late | | |
| 21 | 狼贪虎视 | 狼貪虎視 | láng tān hǔ shì | lang2 tan1 hu3 shi4 | avaricious; covetous (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 桀贪骜诈 | 桀貪驁詐 | jié tān ào zhà | jie2 tan1 ao4 zha4 | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 好酒贪杯 | 好酒貪杯 | hào jiǔ tān bēi | hao4 jiu3 tan1 bei1 | fond of the bottle (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 含垢贪生 | 含垢貪生 | hán gòu tān shēng | han2 gou4 tan1 sheng1 | to allow oneself to be insulted in order to remain alive (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 反贪污 | 反貪污 | fǎn tān wū | fan3 tan1 wu1 | anticorruption | | |