ghen
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Jealous: Feeling resentment or bitterness because of a perceived threat to a valued relationship, especially a romantic one, due to a rival's presence or attention.
- Envious: Feeling discontent or covetousness toward someone because of their advantages, possessions, or perceived success.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cô ấy cảm thấy rất ghen. (She feels very jealous.)
- Đừng ghen với thành công của người khác. (Don't be envious of other people's success.)
- Anh ấy ghen khi thấy vợ nói chuyện với đồng nghiệp nam. (He gets jealous when he sees his wife talking to a male colleague.)
Advanced Usage
"ghen tuông": to be jealous (specifically in romantic contexts, implying suspicion and possessiveness).
- Sự ghen tuông mù quáng có thể hủy hoại một mối quan hệ. (Blind jealousy can destroy a relationship.)
"nổi ghen": to have a jealous fit/outburst.
- Cô ấy nổi ghen mà không có lý do. (She had a jealous outburst for no reason.)
Variants and Related Words
Ghen tị (v/adj): to envy, envious. Often used for coveting what others have, without the romantic connotation.
- Ghen tị với địa vị của ai đó là điều bình thường. (It's normal to envy someone's status.)
Ghen ăn tức ở (idiomatic phrase): to be jealous of a neighbor's or peer's better living conditions.
- Tính hay ghen ăn tức ở khiến anh ta không bao giờ hài lòng. (His habit of being jealous of the neighbors' fortune means he is never satisfied.)
Synonyms
- Jealous: resentful of a rival in love or attention.
- Envious: desirous of another's advantages or possessions.
- Covetous: having a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
Related Idioms
Máu ghen: (literally "jealous blood") a fiery, easily provoked jealousy.
- Anh ta có máu ghen, rất nguy hiểm. (He has a fiery jealousy, which is very dangerous.)
Trời ghen, đất hờn: (literally "heaven is jealous, earth is resentful") a poetic expression describing a beauty or talent so extraordinary it makes nature envious.
- Vẻ đẹp của nàng đến mức trời ghen, đất hờn. (Her beauty was such that heaven was jealous, and earth was resentful.)
adj
- jealous; envious
- ghen với người nàoto be jealous of someone