| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 欲 | 慾 | yù | - desire - appetite - passion - lust - greed |
| 欲 | 欲 | yù | - to wish for - to desire - variant of 慾|欲[yu4] |
| 利欲 | 利慾 | lìyù | - cupidity |
| 嗜欲 | 嗜慾 | shìyù | - lust |
| 几欲 | 幾欲 | jīyù | - almost - nearly going to |
| 性欲 | 性慾 | xìngyù | - sexual desire - lust |
| 恣欲 | 恣欲 | zìyù | - to follow lustful desires |
| 情欲 | 情慾 | qíngyù | - lust - desire - sensual |
| 欲望 | 慾望 | yùwàng | - desire - longing - appetite - craving |
| 欲火 | 慾火 | yùhuǒ | - lust |
| 欲女 | 欲女 | yùnǚ | - sex-crazed woman |
| 欲念 | 欲念 | yùniàn | - desire |
| 欲海 | 欲海 | yùhǎi | - ocean of lust (Buddhist term) - worldly desires |
| 欲滴 | 欲滴 | yùdī | - (suffix) replete (with moisture) - glistening - plump and tender - lovely - alluring |
| 欲绝 | 欲絕 | yùjué | - heart-broken - inconsolable |
| 欲经 | 欲經 | Yùjīng | - Kama Sutra |
| 泄欲 | 洩慾 | xièyù | - to sate one's lust |
| 淫欲 | 淫慾 | yínyù | - lust |
| 物欲 | 物欲 | wùyù | - material desire - craving for material things |
| 兽欲 | 獸慾 | shòuyù | - beastly desire |
| 禁欲 | 禁慾 | jìnyù | - to suppress desire - self-restraint - asceticism |
| 私欲 | 私欲 | sīyù | - selfish desire |
| 纵欲 | 縱慾 | zòngyù | - to indulge in debauchery |
| 肉欲 | 肉慾 | ròuyù | - carnal desire |
| 色欲 | 色慾 | sèyù | - sexual desire - lust |
| 贪欲 | 貪慾 | tānyù | - greed - avarice - rapacious - avid |
| 食欲 | 食慾 | shíyù | - appetite |
| 利欲心 | 利慾心 | lìyùxīn | - cupidity |
| 口欲期 | 口欲期 | kǒuyùqī | - oral stage (psychology) |
| 暾欲谷 | 暾欲穀 | Tūnyùgǔ | - Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD) |
| 求知欲 | 求知慾 | qiúzhīyù | - desire for knowledge |
| 肛欲期 | 肛欲期 | gāngyùqī | - anal stage (psychology) |
| 一逞兽欲 | 一逞獸欲 | yīchěngshòuyù | - to give way to one's beastly lust |
| 利欲熏心 | 利慾薰心 | lìyùxūnxīn | - blinded by greed (idiom) |
| 口腹之欲 | 口腹之慾 | kǒufùzhīyù | - desire for good food |
| 喷薄欲出 | 噴薄欲出 | pēnbóyùchū | - to be on the verge of eruption (idiom) - (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance |
| 垂涎欲滴 | 垂涎欲滴 | chuíxiányùdī | - to drool with desire (idiom); to envy - to hunger for |
| 从心所欲 | 從心所欲 | cóngxīnsuǒyù | - whatever you like - to do as one pleases |
| 性欲高潮 | 性慾高潮 | xìngyùgāocháo | - orgasm |
| 欲仙欲死 | 慾仙慾死 | yùxiānyùsǐ | - to be in seventh heaven (idiom) |
| 欲壑难填 | 慾壑難填 | yùhènántián | - bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed - carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment |
| 欲火焚身 | 慾火焚身 | yùhuǒfénshēn | - burning with desire |
| 我醉欲眠 | 我醉欲眠 | wǒzuìyùmián | - lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) - (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature) |
| 摇摇欲坠 | 搖搖欲墜 | yáoyáoyùzhuì | - tottering - on the verge of collapse |
| 昏昏欲睡 | 昏昏欲睡 | hūnhūnyùshuì | - drowsy - sleepy (idiom) |
| 畅所欲言 | 暢所欲言 | chàngsuǒyùyán | - lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic - to hold forth to one's heart's content |
| 望眼欲穿 | 望眼欲穿 | wàngyǎnyùchuān | - to anxiously await |
| 权欲熏心 | 權慾薰心 | quányùxūnxīn | - obsessed by a craving for power - power hungry |
| 欲取姑予 | 欲取姑予 | yùqǔgūyǔ | - variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3] - to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom) |
| 欲取姑与 | 欲取姑與 | yùqǔgūyǔ | - to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom) |
| 欲振乏力 | 欲振乏力 | yùzhènfálì | - to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom) |
| 欲擒故纵 | 欲擒故縱 | yùqíngùzòng | - In order to capture, one must let loose. - to loosen the reins only to grasp them better |
| 欲益反损 | 欲益反損 | yùyìfǎnsǔn | - wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster - It all ends in tears. |
| 欲罢不能 | 欲罷不能 | yùbàbùnéng | - want to stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up |
| 欲盖弥彰 | 欲蓋彌彰 | yùgàimízhāng | - trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse. |
| 泄欲工具 | 洩慾工具 | xièyùgōngjù | - sexual object |
| 为所欲为 | 為所欲為 | wéisuǒyùwéi | - to do whatever one pleases |
| 物欲世界 | 物慾世界 | wùyùshìjiè | - the world of material desires (Buddhism) |
| 痛不欲生 | 痛不欲生 | tòngbùyùshēng | - to be so in pain as to not want to live - to be so grieved as to wish one were dead |
| 禁欲主义 | 禁慾主義 | jìnyùzhǔyì | - asceticism |
| 穷奢极欲 | 窮奢極欲 | qióngshējíyù | - to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance |
| 蠢蠢欲动 | 蠢蠢欲動 | chǔnchǔnyùdòng | - to begin to stir (idiom) - to get restless - to become threatening |
| 跃跃欲试 | 躍躍欲試 | yuèyuèyùshì | - to be eager to give sth a try (idiom) |
| 随心所欲 | 隨心所欲 | suíxīnsuǒyù | - to follow one's heart's desires - to do as one pleases (idiom) |
| 震耳欲聋 | 震耳欲聾 | zhèněryùlóng | - ear-splitting (idiom); deafening |
| 头痛欲裂 | 頭痛欲裂 | tóutòngyùliè | - to have a splitting headache (idiom) |
| 风雨欲来 | 風雨欲來 | fēngyǔyùlái | - lit. storm clouds approach - troubles lie ahead (idiom) |
| 馋涎欲垂 | 饞涎欲垂 | chánxiányùchuí | - see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1] |
| 馋涎欲滴 | 饞涎欲滴 | chánxiányùdī | - lit. to drool with desire (idiom) - fig. to hunger for - greedy |
| 欲速则不达 | 欲速則不達 | yùsùzébùdá | - 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 | 欲速而不達 | yùsùérbùdá | - lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed - also written 慾速則不達|欲速则不达 |
| 树欲静而风不止 | 樹欲靜而風不止 | shùyùjìngérfēngbùzhǐ | - lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) - fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not |
| 己所不欲，勿施于人 | 己所不欲，勿施於人 | jǐsuǒbùyù,wùshīyúrén | - 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. |
| 欲加之罪，何患无辞 | 欲加之罪，何患無辭 | yùjiāzhīzuì,héhuànwúcí | - 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. |
| 欲善其事，必先利其器 | 欲善其事，必先利其器 | yùshànqíshì,bìxiānlìqíqì | - To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job |
| 工欲善其事，必先利其器 | 工欲善其事，必先利其器 | gōngyùshànqíshì,bìxiānlìqíqì | - To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job |
| 饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 | 飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心 | bǎonuǎnsīyínyù,jīhánqǐdàoxīn | - lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom) |
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