Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ungrateful: Describes a person who does not show or feel gratitude for kindness or help received; who forgets or repays good deeds with bad ones.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta thật là bội ơn. (He is truly ungrateful.)
  • Đừng có bội ơn với người đã giúp đỡ mình. (Don't be ungrateful to the person who helped you.)

Advanced Usage

• "bội ơn bạc nghĩa": A common four-word idiom meaning profoundly ungrateful and faithless, emphasizing a severe betrayal of trust and kindness.
  • Hành động của hắn quả là bội ơn bạc nghĩa. (His actions were truly ungrateful and faithless.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vô ơn: (Adjective) A direct synonym meaning ungrateful, lacking gratitude. It is often used interchangeably with "bội ơn."
  • Kẻ vô ơn đó không xứng đáng nhận sự giúp đỡ nữa. (That ungrateful person does not deserve any more help.)
• Bội nghĩa: (Adjective) Means unfaithful or treacherous, often used in contexts of betraying loyalty or moral obligations. It can be paired with "bội ơn."
  • Bội ơn bội nghĩa là thói xấu đáng khinh. (Being ungrateful and treacherous is a despicable vice.)

Synonyms

• Vô ơn: Ungrateful.
• Phụ ơn: To betray a kindness/obligation (more verb-like).

Related Idioms

• Ăn cháo đá bát: Literally "to eat the porridge and kick the bowl," meaning to bite the hand that feeds you; to be ungrateful after receiving benefits.
  • Hắn quên ơn nghĩa cũ, đúng là loại người ăn cháo đá bát. (He forgot past kindnesses, he's exactly the type who bites the hand that feeds him.)
• Qua cầu rút ván: Literally "to cross the bridge and pull up the planks," meaning to abandon or betray someone after achieving one's goal through their help.
  • Giúp nó xong việc, nó liền qua cầu rút ván, thật bội ơn. (After helping him finish the job, he immediately abandoned us, truly ungrateful.)

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