Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reproach; to blame; to censure: To express disapproval or disappointment in someone or something, often for a fault, mistake, or shortcoming. It implies a critical judgment, combining elements of scorn, criticism, and holding someone accountable.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Không ai có thể chê trách anh ấy về lòng trung thực. (No one can reproach him for his honesty.)
  • Giám đốc chê trách thái độ vô trách nhiệm của nhân viên. (The director censured the employee's irresponsible attitude.)
  • Cách cư xử của cô ấy không có gì đáng chê trách. (There is nothing blameworthy in her conduct.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a formal or serious tone, used in contexts of moral, professional, or social accountability.
• It can be used in passive constructions (e.g., – to be reproached) or as a noun in its nominalized form ( – the reproach).

Variants and Related Words

• Đáng chê trách (adj): reprehensible, blameworthy.

  • Hành vi đáng chê trách đó đã bị phát hiện. (That reprehensible behavior was discovered.)

• Sự chê trách (n): reproach, blame, censure.

  • Sự chê trách của công chúng là rất mạnh mẽ. (The public censure was very strong.)

Synonyms

• Reproach: to express disapproval or disappointment.
• Blame: to assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.
• Censure: to express severe disapproval.
• Criticize: to indicate the faults of someone or something.

Related Idioms

• Không có gì để chê trách: (There is) nothing to reproach; irreproachable, faultless.
  • Báo cáo của anh ấy hoàn hảo, không có gì để chê trách. (His report was perfect, with nothing to reproach.)

1. To speak scornfully of and criticize (reproach)
   • chê trách thái độ vô trách nhiệm
     to speak scornfully of and criticize someone's lack of the sense of responsibility
   • làm việc tốt không ai chê trách vào đâu được
     his work is satisfactory, no one can speak scornfully of him and reproach him for anything