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人心不足蛇呑象
  jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6   jyutping
  ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4   pinyin
greed (that is detrimental to oneself)

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
人心不足蛇呑象

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Characters in this word:

 jan4  -  person; human being
 sam1  -  heart
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 zuk1  -  [1] foot [2] enough [3] fully
 se4 ji4 seu4  -  snake
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 zoeng6  -  elephant; portrait; figure; image
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