Definition

1. Verb:
   • To fail (a candidate), to reject (an applicant): "đánh hỏng" means to judge someone as not meeting the required standard in a test, exam, or evaluation, resulting in their failure or disqualification. It is an action performed by an examiner or evaluator.
   • To cause to fail: It describes the act of causing someone to not pass an assessment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Giám khảo đã đánh hỏng nhiều thí sinh trong kỳ thi này. (The examiner failed many candidates in this exam.)
  • Anh ấy bị đánh hỏng môn lịch sử. (He was failed in the history subject.)
  • Bài luận có quá nhiều lỗi nên bị giáo viên đánh hỏng. (The essay had too many errors, so the teacher failed it.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị đánh hỏng": to be failed (passive voice, common usage).
  • Nếu không học bài, bạn sẽ bị đánh hỏng. (If you don't study, you will be failed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hỏng (adj): broken, failed, spoiled. This is the root adjective meaning "failed" or "not working."
• Thi hỏng / Trượt (v): to fail an exam (from the candidate's perspective).
  • Cô ấy thi hỏng bằng lái xe. (She failed the driving test.)
• Đánh trượt (v): a near-synonym meaning to fail someone, often used interchangeably with "đánh hỏng."

Synonyms

• Loại (v): to eliminate, to disqualify.
• Không cho qua (v phr): to not let pass.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đánh hỏng một môn/kỳ thi: to fail someone in a subject/exam.
  • Giáo sư nghiêm khắc có thể đánh hỏng cả kỳ thi nếu phát hiện gian lận. (A strict professor can fail the entire exam if cheating is discovered.)

Related Idioms

1. Plough, pluck, fail
   • Bị đánh hỏng vì điểm ngoại ngữ quá kém
     To be failed because one's foreign language mark is too low