desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

欲 character breakdown

grain / corn

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.
surname Gu

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.
valley

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).

Characters with 欲 as component

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

Words with 欲

In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
(idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed
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
material desire / craving for material things
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
beastly desire
see 欲速則不達|欲速则不达[yu4 su4 ze2 bu4 da2]
lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed / also written 欲速則不達|欲速则不达
to sate one's lust
the world of material desires (Buddhism)

Sentences with 欲

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