chà đạp
Definition
- Verb:
- To trample on: To treat someone or something with cruel disrespect, to crush or oppress them underfoot, either literally or figuratively.
- To violate / to desecrate: To show severe disrespect for principles, rights, or traditions, treating them as worthless.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Kẻ xâm lược chà đạp lên mảnh đất thiêng liêng. (The invaders trampled on the sacred land.)
- Họ không được chà đạp nhân phẩm của người khác. (They must not trample on the dignity of others.)
- Hành động đó chà đạp lên mọi nguyên tắc đạo đức. (That action tramples on all moral principles.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in a figurative, moral, or ethical context to describe severe oppression, humiliation, or violation. It carries a strong connotation of injustice and brutality.
Variants and Related Words
- Giày xéo (v): to trample, to tread underfoot. Often used interchangeably with but can sometimes imply a more literal physical action.
- Đám đông giẫm đạp lên cỏ. (The crowd trampled on the grass.)
Synonyms
- Trample: To treat violently, roughly, or contemptuously.
- Oppress: To keep someone in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
- Violate: To break or fail to comply with a rule or formal agreement; to treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect.
Related Idioms
Chà đạp lên nhân quyền: to trample on human rights.
- Chế độ độc tài thường chà đạp lên nhân quyền. (Dictatorial regimes often trample on human rights.)
Chà đạp lên truyền thống: to desecrate traditions.
- Anh ta bị chỉ trích vì chà đạp lên truyền thống gia đình. (He was criticized for desecrating family traditions.)
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