Definition

1. Noun:
   • Opium addict: A person who is addicted to smoking opium. This term is often used in a derogatory or ironic manner.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khu vực này trước đây có nhiều bẹp tai. (This area used to have many opium addicts.)
  • Hắn ta sống như một kẻ bẹp tai, cả ngày chỉ nằm dài hút thuốc. (He lives like an opium addict, lying around smoking all day.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "bẹp tai" is considered informal and carries a strong negative connotation. It is not a polite or clinical term. It is typically used in historical contexts or in a critical, figurative sense to describe someone with a debilitating, addictive habit.
  • Đừng có sống như bẹp tai nữa, hãy đứng dậy mà làm việc! (Stop living like an opium addict, get up and work!)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghiện (v): to be addicted.
• Thuốc phiện (n): opium.
• Kẻ nghiện ngập (n): addict (general term).

Synonyms

• Người nghiện thuốc phiện: Opium addict (more neutral description).
• Con ma men: A derogatory slang term for an addict, often referring to alcohol but can be extended.

Related Idioms

• While "bẹp tai" itself is not commonly part of idioms, the state it describes relates to the idiom "nghiện ngập như ma túy" (addicted like drugs), highlighting a severe, destructive dependency.

1. dân bẹp tai Opium addicts