得隴望蜀

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.]

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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!” [Pinyin]

(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

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• 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

1. 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.” [Pinyin]

     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 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• "Entry #285", in 成語典 [Dictionary of Chinese Idioms] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Chinese Republic, Taipei), 2020.