利欲薰心
lì​yù​xūn​xīn

blinded by greed

  • created sense approved 利欲薰心 · lì​yù​xūn​xīn · blinded by greed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    利欲薰心

    lì​yù​xūn​xīn

    blinded by greed

    to be consumed or overwhelmed by the desire for profit; overcome by avarice and lust for gain

    利欲 (literal) → 利欲 · lì​yù · greed 薰 (literal) → 薰 · xūn · to smoke 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense