贪婪是万恶之源 in English tan1 lan2 shi4 wan4 e4 zhi1 yuan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Greed is the root of all evil.

Simplified Characters

贪 婪 是 万 恶 之 源

Traditional Characters

貪 婪 是 萬 惡 之 源

Pinyin

tan1 lan2 shi4 wan4 e4 zhi1 yuan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

贪tan1to have a voracious desire for 婪lan2avaricious 是shi4is 万wan4see 万俟[Mo4 qi2] 恶e4see 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 源yuan2root