bức hiếp

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To coerce and bully; to oppress: The act of using force, threats, or intimidation to make someone do something against their will or to subject them to cruel or unjust treatment.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Kẻ xấu thường bức hiếp người yếu thế. (Bad people often bully the vulnerable.)
    • Chúng không thể bức hiếp tôi làm điều sai trái. (They cannot coerce me into doing wrong.)
    • Chế độ đó đã bức hiếp người dân trong nhiều năm. (That regime oppressed the people for many years.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term "bức hiếp" often implies a sustained, systematic, or particularly harsh form of coercion and oppression, carrying a stronger moral condemnation than simpler words for "to force."
Variants and Related Words

  • Hà hiếp (v): to bully, to tyrannize. This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably.

    • Nó thích hà hiếp các bạn nhỏ hơn. (He likes to bully younger kids.)

  • Ức hiếp (v): to oppress, to bully. Another common synonym with a similar meaning.

    • Không ai có quyền ức hiếp người khác. (No one has the right to oppress others.)
Synonyms
  • Oppress: to govern or treat with cruel or unjust imposition of authority.
  • Coerce: to compel by force, intimidation, or authority.
  • Bully: to use superior strength or influence to intimidate someone.
  • Tyrannize: to exercise absolute power cruelly and oppressively.
Related Idioms
  • While "bức hiếp" itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
    • Cậy mạnh hiếp yếu: To use one's strength to bully the weak.
      • Hành động cậy mạnh hiếp yếu là đáng khinh. (The act of using strength to bully the weak is despicable.)
  1. To coerce and bully, to oppress