ê chệ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable: Describes a state or action that brings shame, disgrace, or dishonor to oneself or others, often due to morally reprehensible or cowardly behavior.
- Ashamed; feeling shame: Describes the feeling of shame or embarrassment resulting from one's own actions or the actions of someone one is associated with.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hành động phản bội của hắn thật là ê chệ! (His act of betrayal is truly shameful!)
- Cả gia đình cảm thấy ê chệ vì hành vi của anh ta. (The whole family felt ashamed because of his behavior.)
- Ê chệ thay cho những kẻ hại nước hại dân. (What disgrace for those who harm the country and its people!)
Advanced Usage
- Used in exclamatory phrases for strong condemnation: Often used in exclamations to express strong contempt and condemnation towards shameful acts or individuals.
- Ê chệ! Lại một vụ tham nhũng nữa bị phanh phui. (For shame! Yet another corruption case has been exposed.)
- Implies a loss of face and social standing: The word carries a strong connotation of losing honor and respect in the eyes of the community.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhục nhã (adj): Humiliating, ignominious. Often used in similar contexts but can imply a more intense, degrading shame.
- Xấu hổ (adj): Ashamed, embarrassed. A more general and common term for feeling shame, less severe and condemnatory than "ê chệ".
- Ô nhục (adj): Disgraceful, ignominious. Refers to a stain on honor or reputation, similar in strength to "ê chệ".
Synonyms
- Đáng hổ thẹn: Deserving shame.
- Đáng xấu hổ: Deserving embarrassment/shame.
- Nhơ nhuốc: Sullied, tarnished (in reputation).
Related Idioms/Phrases
- Mặt dày mày dạn: (Lit: Thick-skinned) Shameless, brazen. This describes a person who does feel "ê chệ" despite doing shameful things.
- Chui xuống đất vì xấu hổ: (Lit: To want to crawl into the ground from shame) To be extremely ashamed. This idiom describes the intense feeling associated with being "ê chệ".
- Shameful; ashamed