How to say desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed in Chinese 欲

欲

yù yù

HSK 6

desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed

to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

欲望纵欲穷奢极欲私欲禁欲主义禁欲痛不欲生畅所欲言物欲肉欲求知欲欲速则不达欲言又止欲罢不能欲盖弥彰欲火为所欲为色欲蠢蠢欲动树欲静而风不止权欲熏心望眼欲穿昏昏欲睡摇摇欲坠情欲性欲贪欲呼之欲出利欲熏心兽欲

不可私欲膨胀。 ( Do not swell with lust. )

不能让他这样为所欲为 ( Can't let him do whatever he wants )

不要堵住人家的嘴，让大家畅所欲言。 ( Don't block people's mouths, let everyone speak freely. )

为所欲为，人莫予毒，到头来必受惩罚。 ( Do whatever you want, and you will be punished in the end. )

今天不画框框，不定调子，请大家畅所欲言 ( Do n’t draw a frame today. )

他早就有出国留学的欲望。 ( He has long had the desire to study abroad. )

你久不来信，我望眼欲穿 ( I have n’t heard from you for a long time. )

假造车祸欲骗取保金。 ( The fake car accident is intended to deceive the security deposit. )

再多的钱也满足不了他的贪欲。 ( No amount of money could satisfy his greed. )

发动机的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。 ( The roar of the engine was deafening. )

含情脉脉，欲言又止。 ( Feelings of love, stop talking. )

听说度假村下午安排军事演习，年轻人个个摩拳擦掌，跃跃欲试。 ( It is said that the resort will arrange military exercises in the afternoon. )

天色阴沉欲雨。 ( It was gloomy and rainy. )

姑娘欲轻生，被好心的路人及时劝止。 ( The girl wanted to be killed, and was promptly discouraged by a kind passerby. )

存天理，灭人欲。 ( Save the heavens and kill the desire. )

存货不多，欲购从速 ( Not much inventory, buy as soon as possible )

将欲取之，必先与 ( To take it, you must first )

山雨欲来风满楼 ( Rain is coming from the wind )

工欲善其事，必先利其器 ( To be good at work, you must first sharpen it )

己所不欲，勿施于人 ( Do unto others, do not impose on others )