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桀贪骜诈

jié tān ào zhàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-651ff0333f002389. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

桀貪驁詐 桀贪骜诈 [jie2 tan1 ao4 zha4] /brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 桀貪驁詐

  • 桀
    jié

    (emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel

  • 贪
    tān

    to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt

  • 骜
    ào

    a noble steed (literary) / (of a horse) untamed / (fig.) (of a person) headstrong / Taiwan pr. [áo]

  • 诈
    zhà

    to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

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