Dữ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Fierce; Ferocious: Describes a person, animal, or force that is violent, aggressive, and potentially dangerous.
- Severe; Intense: Describes an event, condition, or action that is very strong, harsh, or extreme in degree.
- Bad; Evil; Unlucky: Describes something with a negative, harmful, or ominous nature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Fierce):
- Con chó đó rất dữ. (That dog is very fierce.)
- Thú dữ sống trong rừng. (Wild beasts live in the forest.)
- Adjective (Severe):
- Cơn bão đang di chuyển rất dữ. (The storm is moving very violently.)
- Trời lạnh dữ hôm qua. (It was severely cold yesterday.)
- Adjective (Bad):
- Anh ấy nghe được tin dữ. (He received the bad news.)
- Điều dữ không nên nghĩ đến. (One should not think of evil things.)
Advanced Usage
- "dữ dội": fierce, violent, intense (often for natural phenomena or conflicts).
- Trận chiến diễn ra dữ dội. (The battle took place fiercely.)
- "ăn ở dữ": to act in a mean or wicked manner.
- Bà ấy nổi tiếng là ăn ở dữ với hàng xóm. (She is known for treating her neighbors badly.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hăm dọa (v): to threaten (can be related in context of showing fierceness).
- Ác (adj): wicked, cruel (a stronger synonym for the "evil" aspect).
- Mãnh liệt (adj): powerful, intense (a synonym for the "severe" aspect, but less negative).
Synonyms
- Fierce: aggressively hostile.
- Violent: using or involving physical force intended to hurt.
- Intense: of extreme force, degree, or strength.
- Bad: of poor quality or undesirable nature.
Related Idioms
- Dữ như cọp: as fierce as a tiger; used to describe a very fierce person.
- Ông chủ mới dữ như cọp. (The new boss is as fierce as a tiger.)
- Lành ít dữ nhiều: little good, much bad; indicating a situation has more bad than good aspects.
- Cuộc đời đôi khi lành ít dữ nhiều. (Life sometimes has little good and much bad.)
adj
- wocked; fierce
- thú dữwild beast
- Bad; unlucky
- tin dữBad news