| 釋義 |
欲yùⅠ （欲望） desire; longing; wish: 名利 ～ desire for fame and wealth; 求知 ～ thirst for knowledge; 食 ～ a desire for food; appetite Ⅱ ? ? (想要； 希望) wish; want; desire: 暢所 ～ 言 pour out all that one wishes to say; speak one's mind freely; 從心所 ～ do as one pleases; follow what the heart desires; 為所 ～ 為 do whatever one likes; act willfully; 己所不 ～， 勿施于人。 Do not do to others what you would not have them to do to you.
? （將要） about to; just going to; on the point of: 搖搖 ～ 墜 on the verge of collapse; crumbling; tottering; 東方 ～ 曉。 Dawn is breaking. 山雨 ～ 來(lái)風(fēng)滿(mǎn)樓。 The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.
◆欲罷不能 try to stop but cannot; be unable to stop even though one wants to; can't help carrying on; 欲蓋彌彰 The more one tries to hide, the more one is exposed.; He who excuses himself accuses himself.; The harder one tries to conceal a thing, the more it attracts attention.; The more concealed, the more conspicuous.; 欲壑難填 Greed is like a valley that can never be filled.; Avarice knows no bounds.; boundless ambition; Greed is hard to satisfy.; The gully of desires is hard to fill up.; 欲加之罪， 何患無(wú)詞 If you are out to condemn sb., you can always trump up a charge.; 欲念 drive; desire; 欲擒故縱 leave sb. at large the better to apprehend him; let the enemy off in order to catch him later; play cat and mouse (with sb.); 欲速則不達(dá) More haste, less speed.; Haste does not bring success.; Haste makes waste.; The furthest way about is the nearest way home.; 欲望 desire; wish; lust |