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appetite
HSK 6
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
HSK 7-9
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  *欲* | 欲* | *欲
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed
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to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲
lust / desire / sensual
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
sexual desire / lust
lust
greed / avarice / rapacious / avid
carnal desire
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
selfish desire
to intend to / intention; desire
to indulge in debauchery
(idiom) various emotions and desires
cupidity
sexual desire / lust
material desire / craving for material things
beastly desire
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
lust
desire for knowledge
desire for good food
to sate one's lust
to be keen to ... / to be anxious to ...
to give way to one's beastly lust
almost / nearly going to
to follow lustful desires


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