chê trách

Thân thiện

Cô giáo chê trách học sinh vì thái độ thiếu tôn trọng.

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.)

Học thuật

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