tān​duō​wù​dé

greedy and acquisitive

Senses

贪多务得/ 貪多務得 tān​duō​wù​dé greedy and acquisitive

Originally used to describe someone striving to acquire as much knowledge as possible in their studies, but now used more generally to describe being insatiably covetous or greedy.

References

see 贪多务得/貪多務得 进学解/進學解