ghen ghét

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông ghen ghét đồng nghiệp vì được thăng chức.

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.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to envy; to begrudge