| 欲 | [ yù ] desire, appetite, passion, lust, greed |
| 欲仙欲死 | [ yù xiān yù sǐ ] to wish one were dead (idiom), (fig.) to be in seventh heaven |
| 欲壑难填 | [ yù hè nán tián ] bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed, carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment |
| 欲望 | [ yù wàng ] desire, longing, appetite, craving |
| 欲火 | [ yù huǒ ] lust |
| 欲火焚身 | [ yù huǒ fén shēn ] burning with desire |
| 欲加之罪，何患无辞 | [ yù jiā zhī zuì hé huàn wú cí ] If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb, Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. |
| 欲取姑与 | [ yù qǔ gū yǔ ] to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom) |
| 欲擒故纵 | [ yù qín gù zòng ] In order to capture, one must let loose., to loosen the reins only to grasp them better |
| 欲益反损 | [ yù yì fǎn sǔn ] wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster, It all ends in tears. |
| 欲绝 | [ yù jué ] heartbroken, inconsolable |
| 欲经 | [ yù jīng ] Kama Sutra |
| 欲罢不能 | [ yù bà bù néng ] want to stop but can't (idiom), to be unable to stop oneself, to feel an urge to continue |
| 欲盖弥彰 | [ yù gaì mí zhāng ] trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse. |
| 欲速则不达 | [ yù sù zé bù dá ] lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed, don't try to run before you can walk |
| 欲速而不达 | [ yù sù ér bù dá ] lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed, also written 欲速則不達|欲速则不达 |
| ⇒ 一逞兽欲 | [ yī chěng shoù yù ] to give way to one's beastly lust |
| ⇒ 利欲 | [ lì yù ] cupidity |
| ⇒ 利欲心 | [ lì yù xīn ] cupidity |
| ⇒ 利欲熏心 | [ lì yù xūn xīn ] blinded by greed (idiom) |
| ⇒ 口腹之欲 | [ koǔ fù zhī yù ] desire for good food |
| ⇒ 嗜欲 | [ shì yù ] lust |
| ⇒ 喷薄欲出 | [ pēn bó yù chū ] to be on the verge of eruption (idiom), (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance |
| ⇒ 己所不欲，勿施于人 | [ jǐ suǒ bù yù wù shī yú rén ] What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects), Do as you would be done by., Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. |
| ⇒ 几欲 | [ jī yù ] almost, nearly going to |
| ⇒ 从心所欲 | [ cóng xīn suǒ yù ] whatever you like, to do as one pleases |
| ⇒ 性欲 | [ xìng yù ] sexual desire, lust |
| ⇒ 性欲高潮 | [ xìng yù gaō chaó ] orgasm |
| ⇒ 情欲 | [ qíng yù ] lust, desire, sensual |
| ⇒ 欲仙欲死 | [ yù xiān yù sǐ ] to wish one were dead (idiom), (fig.) to be in seventh heaven |
| ⇒ 摇摇欲坠 | [ yaó yaó yù zhuì ] tottering, on the verge of collapse |
| ⇒ 畅所欲言 | [ chàng suǒ yù yán ] lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic, to hold forth to one's heart's content |
| ⇒ 暾欲谷 | [ tūn yù gǔ ] Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD) |
| ⇒ 树欲静而风不止 | [ shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ ] lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom), fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not |
| ⇒ 权欲熏心 | [ quán yù xūn xīn ] obsessed by a craving for power, power-hungry |
| ⇒ 求知欲 | [ qiú zhī yù ] desire for knowledge |
| ⇒ 泄欲 | [ xiè yù ] to sate one's lust |
| ⇒ 泄欲工具 | [ xiè yù gōng jù ] sexual object |
| ⇒ 淫欲 | [ yín yù ] lust |
| ⇒ 清心寡欲 | [ qīng xīn guǎ yù ] (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence, abstemious, ascetic |
| ⇒ 为所欲为 | [ weí suǒ yù weí ] to do whatever one pleases |
| ⇒ 物欲世界 | [ wù yù shì jiè ] the world of material desires (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 兽欲 | [ shoù yù ] beastly desire |
| ⇒ 禁欲 | [ jìn yù ] to suppress desire, self-restraint, asceticism |
| ⇒ 禁欲主义 | [ jìn yù zhǔ yì ] asceticism |
| ⇒ 穷奢极欲 | [ qióng shē jí yù ] to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance |
| ⇒ 纵欲 | [ zòng yù ] to indulge in debauchery |
| ⇒ 肉欲 | [ roù yù ] carnal desire |
| ⇒ 色欲 | [ sè yù ] sexual desire, lust |
| ⇒ 蠢蠢欲动 | [ chǔn chǔn yù dòng ] to begin to stir (idiom), to get restless, to become threatening |
| ⇒ 贪欲 | [ tān yù ] greed, avarice, rapacious, avid |
| ⇒ 跃跃欲试 | [ yuè yuè yù shì ] to be eager to give sth a try (idiom) |
| ⇒ 随心所欲 | [ suí xīn suǒ yù ] to follow one's heart's desires, to do as one pleases (idiom) |
| ⇒ 震耳欲聋 | [ zhèn ěr yù lóng ] ear-splitting (idiom); deafening |
| ⇒ 头痛欲裂 | [ toú tòng yù liè ] to have a splitting headache (idiom) |
| ⇒ 风雨欲来 | [ fēng yǔ yù laí ] lit. storm clouds approach, troubles lie ahead (idiom) |
| ⇒ 食欲 | [ shí yù ] appetite |
| ⇒ 饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 | [ baǒ nuǎn sī yín yù jī hán qǐ daò xīn ] lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom) |
| ⇒ 馋涎欲垂 | [ chán xián yù chuí ] see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1] |
| ⇒ 馋涎欲滴 | [ chán xián yù dī ] lit. to drool with desire (idiom), fig. to hunger for, greedy |
