ba bị
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Definition
Noun:
- Bogey, bogy, bugbear, bugaboo: A frightening imaginary creature or monster, often used to scare children into good behavior.
- A disreputable or contemptible person: A term for a person considered to be a knave, rascal, or cad.
Adjective:
- Seedy, shabby, battered: Describing something in very poor, worn-out, or dilapidated condition.
- Unprincipled, knavish, good-for-nothing: Describing a person of low moral character or dishonest behavior.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Mẹ dọa sẽ gọi ông ba bị đến nếu con không ngoan. (Mom threatened to call the bogeyman if I wasn't good.)
- Đừng tin hắn, hắn là một tên ba bị. (Don't trust him; he's a real knave.)
Adjective:
- Anh ta mặc một bộ quần áo ba bị. (He is wearing a seedy suit of clothes.)
- Cái xe ba bị đó không đáng để sửa chữa. (That battered car isn't worth repairing.)
- Hành vi ba bị của hắn khiến mọi người khinh bỉ. (His unprincipled behavior made everyone despise him.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ba bị" is often used in a colloquial and somewhat vulgar register. As a noun, it personifies a scare figure. As an adjective, it carries a strong negative connotation, implying worthlessness or poor quality.
Variants and Related Words
- Ông ba bị (noun phrase): A more specific term for the bogeyman figure.
- Ba trợn (adj, informal): Similar in meaning to "ba bị" when describing something shabby or a person who is good-for-nothing.
Synonyms
- Noun (Bogey): Yêu tinh (goblin), ma quỷ (ghost, devil).
- Noun (Rascal): Kẻ vô lại (scoundrel), kẻ bất lương (unscrupulous person), du côn (hooligan).
- Adjective (Shabby): Tả tơi (tattered), cũ kỹ (old and worn), tồi tàn (dilapidated).
- Adjective (Unprincipled): Vô đạo đức (immoral), đểu cáng (mean, despicable), bất lương (unscrupulous).
Related Idioms
- Chơi trò ba bị: To play a dirty or underhanded trick.
- Hắn chơi trò ba bị để chiếm đoạt tài sản. (He played a knavish trick to seize the property.)
noun
- Bogey, bogy, bugbear, bugaboo
- ông ba bịThe bogey
adj
- seedy, shabby, battered
- bộ quần áo ba bịa seedy suit of clothes
- unprincipled, knavish, good for nothing
- anh chàng ba bịknave, rascal, cad