hung thủ
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Definitions
- Noun:
- Murderer, killer: The person who commits murder or homicide; the perpetrator of a killing.
- Assassin: A person who murders someone, often for political or monetary reasons.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hung thủ đã bị bắt ngay tại chỗ. (The murderer was arrested on the spot.)
- Cảnh sát đang truy tìm hung thủ vụ án. (The police are hunting for the killer in the case.)
- Hung thủ khai nhận động cơ phạm tội. (The assassin confessed the motive for the crime.)
Advanced Usage
- "kẻ hung thủ": This phrase emphasizes the perpetrator, often used in formal or journalistic contexts to mean "the culprit" or "the murderer."
- Kẻ hung thủ đã bỏ trốn khỏi hiện trường. (The culprit fled the scene.)
- Used in legal and crime reporting contexts to refer specifically to the person who carried out the fatal act.
Variants and Related Words
- Hung phạm (noun): A synonym, also meaning murderer or killer. This is a more formal or literary variant.
- Hung phạm đã đầu thú. (The killer surrendered.)
- Sát thủ (noun): Assassin, hitman; often implies a professional or contract killer.
- Hắn ta là một tay sát thủ lạnh lùng. (He is a cold-blooded assassin.)
- Kẻ giết người (noun phrase): Literally "person who kills people"; a more descriptive term for murderer.
Synonyms
- Murderer: One who commits murder.
- Killer: A general term for someone who kills.
- Assassin: A murderer, especially one who kills a prominent figure.
- Perpetrator: A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act (broader but applicable).
Related Phrases
- Truy bắt hung thủ: To pursue/capture the murderer.
- Lực lượng chức năng đang nỗ lực truy bắt hung thủ. (The authorities are making efforts to capture the murderer.)
- Xác định hung thủ: To identify the murderer.
- Bằng chứng ADN giúp xác định hung thủ. (DNA evidence helped identify the killer.)
Related Idioms
- Lộ mặt hung thủ: Literally "the murderer's face is revealed"; means the true perpetrator is uncovered.
- Cuối cùng thì cũng lộ mặt hung thủ. (Finally, the murderer's face was revealed.)
- Hung thủ thực sự: The real/actual murderer.
- Ai mới là hung thủ thực sự? (Who is the real murderer?)
- (cũng nói hung phạm) Murderer, killer, assassin
- Hung thủ đã bị bắt ngay tại chỗThe murderer was arrested on the spot