chướng tai

Thân thiện

Câu nói đó thật chướng tai.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Offensive to the ear; grating; jarring: Describes sounds, words, or speech that are unpleasant, irritating, or shocking to hear, often because they are rude, vulgar, or socially unacceptable.
   • Unpalatable; unacceptable: Can describe something (often verbal) that is difficult to accept or endure because it is morally or aesthetically disagreeable.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Những lời chửi thề đó thật chướng tai. (Those swear words are truly grating to the ear.)
  • Đừng nói những điều chướng tai trước mặt trẻ con. (Don't say things that are offensive to the ear in front of children.)
  • Âm nhạc ồn ào từ nhà hàng xóm nghe thật chướng tai. (The loud music from the neighbor's house sounds very jarring.)

Advanced Usage

• "chướng tai gai mắt": This is a common four-word idiom.
  • Meaning: Literally "offensive to the ear and thorny to the eye." It describes something that is both audibly and visually objectionable, unseemly, or unpleasant.
  • Hành vi của họ ở nơi công cộng thật chướng tai gai mắt. (Their behavior in public is truly objectionable [to both ear and eye].)

Variants and Related Words

• Khó chịu (adj): Uncomfortable, unpleasant. A more general term for something that causes discomfort.
• Nghịch nhĩ (adj, literary): Harsh to the ear; dissonant.

Synonyms

• Grating: Irritating or unpleasant to hear.
• Jarring: Incongruous in a striking or shocking way.
• Offensive: Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.
• Unseemly: (Of behavior or actions) not proper or appropriate.

Related Idioms

• Chướng tai gai mắt: As detailed above, this is the primary and most common idiom associated with "chướng tai." It emphasizes something that is broadly offensive to one's senses or sensibilities.

Học thuật

1. Unpalatable, unacceptable
   • chướng tai gai mắt
     objectionable, unseemly
   • những việc chướng tai gai mắt
     objectionable deeds