Definition

1. Verb:
   • To envy; to feel envy towards: To feel a mixture of resentment, anger, or sadness because someone else possesses or has achieved something you desire for yourself.
   • To begrudge: To feel discontent or ill will towards someone because of their advantages, possessions, or good fortune.
   • To feel jealous hatred: A strong, often hostile, feeling combining jealousy and dislike.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy không bao giờ ghen ghét thành công của đồng nghiệp. (She never envies her colleague's success.)
  • Sự ghen ghét có thể làm hỏng mối quan hệ. (Envy can ruin a relationship.)
  • Anh ta ghen ghét người bạn giàu có của mình. (He begrudges his wealthy friend.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "ghen ghét" is stronger and more negative than the simpler "ghen" (to be jealous). It implies a deeper, more resentful, and sometimes hateful form of jealousy.
• It can describe a persistent, enduring feeling rather than a momentary one.

Variants and Related Words

• Ghen (v): To be jealous, to envy. (A core component, often less intense than "ghen ghét").
  • Cô ấy ghen khi thấy chồng nói chuyện với người khác. (She gets jealous when she sees her husband talking to someone else.)
• Ghét (v): To hate, to dislike. (The other core component, adding the element of aversion or hatred to the jealousy).
  • Tôi ghét sự giả dối. (I hate dishonesty.)

Synonyms

• Envy: A desire to have a quality, possession, or advantage belonging to someone else.
• Begrudge: To give or allow reluctantly or resentfully; to envy the pleasure or good fortune of someone.
• Resent: To feel bitterness or indignation at a circumstance, action, or person.

Related Idioms

• Ghen ăn tức ở: To be jealous of someone's entire life or living situation; to be consumed by envy of another's lifestyle.
  • Đừng ghen ăn tức ở với hàng xóm. (Don't be consumed by envy of your neighbor's life.)
• Con mắt ghen ghét: (The eye of envy) A phrase describing a jealous, spiteful perspective.
  • Nhìn dưới con mắt ghen ghét, mọi thành công của cô ấy đều xấu xa. (Seen through the eye of envy, all her successes seem wicked.)

verb

1. to envy; to begrudge