bạc nghĩa
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Definition
Adjective: - Ungrateful; thankless: Describes a person who does not appreciate or reciprocate kindness, affection, or favors received; someone who betrays loyalty or a sense of obligation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta thật là bạc nghĩa, quên hết công ơn của người đã giúp đỡ mình. (He is truly ungrateful, forgetting all the favors of the person who helped him.)
- Đừng trở thành kẻ bạc nghĩa với những người đã nuôi dưỡng mình. (Don't become a thankless person towards those who raised you.)
Advanced Usage
- "bạc tình bạc nghĩa": A common, intensified phrase meaning "to be unfaithful and ungrateful" in a relationship context.
- Sau bao năm chung sống, anh ta lại bạc tình bạc nghĩa. (After so many years together, he turned out to be unfaithful and ungrateful.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bạc (adj): Literally "thin" or "pale," but figuratively used to form compounds meaning "to treat poorly" or "to be unfaithful" (e.g., - unfaithful in love, - cold and unkind).
- Vô ơn (adj): A direct synonym meaning "ungrateful."
Synonyms
- Vô ơn: Ungrateful.
- Phụ bạc: To betray, to be disloyal (often used similarly in emotional contexts).
Related Idioms
- Ăn cháo đá bát: Literally "to eat the porridge and kick the bowl." This idiom vividly describes the act of being bạc nghĩa—benefiting from someone's help and then harming or showing disrespect to them.
- Hắn đúng là loại người ăn cháo đá bát. (He is exactly the kind of person who bites the hand that feeds him.)
adjective
- ungrateful; thankless