báo oán
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Definition
- Verb:
- To avenge; to take revenge: To inflict harm or punishment on someone in return for a wrong or injury they have caused. This action is often driven by a desire for retribution or to settle a score. It implies a response to a past grievance.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hắn tìm cách báo oán kẻ đã phá hủy gia đình mình. (He sought to avenge the one who destroyed his family.)
- Câu chuyện xoay quanh chủ đề báo oán của một linh hồn. (The story revolves around the theme of a ghost's revenge.)
- Họ không tin vào việc báo oán, mà tin vào luật pháp. (They do not believe in taking revenge, but in the law.)
Advanced Usage
- The concept is deeply rooted in historical and literary contexts, often portraying a moral or cyclical conflict where one act of vengeance leads to another.
- It can be used in a broader, more figurative sense to describe any forceful retaliation or payback, not necessarily between people (e.g., nature "taking revenge").
Variants and Related Words
- Trả thù (v): to take revenge, to retaliate. This is a more general and commonly used synonym.
- Báo thù (v): to take revenge. Very similar in meaning and often used interchangeably with , though can sometimes carry a stronger connotation of redressing a grave injustice.
- Báo ơn (v): to repay a kindness; to show gratitude. This is the conceptual opposite, forming a common pair: (to repay kindness and avenge wrongs).
Synonyms
- Avenge
- Take revenge
- Retaliate
- Get even
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Báo ơn báo oán: To repay kindness and avenge wrongs; to settle all accounts, both good and bad.
- Đó là triết lý báo ơn báo oán rõ ràng. (That is a clear philosophy of repaying kindness and avenging wrongs.)
- Oán thù (n): enmity, feud, or hatred resulting from a wrong. This noun describes the state of grievance that leads to .
- Mối oán thù giữa hai gia tộc kéo dài hàng thế kỷ. (The feud between the two families lasted for centuries.)