得隴望蜀

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See also: 得陇望蜀

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	Gansu	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	Sichuan
trad. (得隴望蜀)		得	隴	望	蜀
simp. (得陇望蜀)		得	陇	望	蜀

Etymology

From Book of Jin:

魏武曰：「人苦無足，既得隴右，復欲得蜀！」 [MSC, trad.]

魏武曰：「人苦无足，既得陇右，复欲得蜀！」 [MSC, simp.]

Wèi Wǔ yuē: “Rén kǔ wúzú, jì dé Lǒngyòu, fù yù dé Shǔ!”

(Emperor) Wu of Wei said: "Men suffer from insatiability, already having Longyou yet still wanting to get Shu!"

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): délǒngwàngshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ lung⁵ mong⁶ suk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: délǒngwàngshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: délǒngwàngshǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tê²-lung³-wang⁴-shu³
  - Yale: dé-lǔng-wàng-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derloongwanqshuu
  - Palladius: дэлунваншу (dɛlunvanšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ lung⁵ mong⁶ suk⁶
  - Yale: dāk lúhng mohng suhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ lung⁵ mong⁶ suk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ lung⁵ mong⁶ sug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ lʊŋ¹³ mɔːŋ²² sʊk̚²/

Idiom

得隴望蜀

avaricious; greedy; not able to settle for less
- 湘雲笑道：「得隴望蜀，人之常情。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  湘云笑道：「得陇望蜀，人之常情。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Xiāngyún xiào dào: “Délǒngwàngshǔ, rénzhīchángqíng.”
  Xiangyun laughed and said: "Already having Long yet still wanting Shu; it's only human nature."

Synonyms

貪得無厭／贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
貪婪／贪婪 (tānlán)

References

“Entry #42001”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
"Entry #285", in 成語典 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Chinese Republic, Taipei), 2020.

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