abnormally greedy and cruel; rapacious and inhuman
Strongly negative literary term describing extreme greed that disregards humanity or morality. Often used in formal or critical contexts.
That rapacious and inhuman merchant exploited the poor.
Such abnormally greedy and cruel behavior invites public condemnation.
Means 'greed' or 'avarice' without the added nuance of cruelty or inhumanity. 強欲非道 intensifies this with 非道 (inhumanity).
Means 'inhumanity' or 'cruelty' on its own. 強欲非道 combines it with greed to describe a person or act that is both greedy and cruel.
Compound of 強欲 (greed, avarice) and 非道 (inhumanity, cruelty). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a Sino-Japanese four-character compound.