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望蜀 (boushoku) Japanese meaning: insatiability | Kotomora
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Kanji 望 ambition, full moon, hope 蜀 green caterpillar, Szechwan Related words 欲よく 張ば り Common word for greed or avarice in everyday contexts; 望蜀 is a literary, idiomatic expression for insatiable desire after a gain.
貪どん 欲よく Means greed or avarice, often with a negative moral connotation; 望蜀 specifically implies wanting more after already obtaining something.
Etymology From a story in the Chinese historical text 'Book of the Later Han': after conquering the region of Long (隴), the general immediately desired Shu (蜀). The phrase 望蜀 (lit. 'gaze at Shu') came to symbolize insatiable ambition.
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Even after achieving one goal, he immediately pursues the next—truly a case of insatiable ambition.
