貪たん戻れい

noun, na-adjective

avariciousness and inhumanity

Archaic term combining greed with cruelty or lack of human feeling; not used in modern Japanese outside of classical or historical contexts.

• 古こ典てんでは、貪たん戻れいな行おこないが厳きびしく戒いましめられている。

  In classical texts, avaricious and inhumane conduct is strictly admonished.