Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Morally corrupt, depraved: Used to describe a child or young person whose character has deteriorated, becoming bad-mannered, disobedient, or engaging in vice.
   • Spoiled, rotten (in character): Refers to a state of being ruined in terms of morals and behavior, often due to bad upbringing or negative influences.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ đó ngày càng trở nên hư đốn. (That child is becoming increasingly depraved.)
  • Cha mẹ lo lắng vì con mình có dấu hiệu hư đốn. (The parents are worried because their child shows signs of being spoiled/rotten in character.)
  • Sự hư đốn của thanh thiếu niên là một vấn đề xã hội nghiêm trọng. (The moral corruption of youth is a serious social problem.)

Advanced Usage

• "trở nên hư đốn": to become depraved/corrupt.
  • Dưới ảnh hưởng xấu, nó đã trở nên hư đốn. (Under bad influences, he became depraved.)
• "tình trạng hư đốn": a state of moral decay/corruption.
  • Tình trạng hư đốn trong một bộ phận giới trẻ đáng báo động. (The state of moral decay among a segment of youth is alarming.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hư hỏng (adj): Spoiled, corrupt (often used interchangeably with , but can be slightly less severe or more general).
  • Đứa trẻ hư hỏng. (A spoiled child.)
• Đồi bại (adj): Degenerate, decadent (often stronger and used for adults or systems).
  • Lối sống đồi bại. (A degenerate lifestyle.)
• Sa đọa (v, adj): To degenerate, to become depraved; dissolute.
  • Thanh niên sa đọa. (A dissolute youth.)

Synonyms

• Bại hoại: Corrupt, depraved.
• Thối nát (in character): Rotten, corrupt.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Hư thân mất nết": To ruin oneself and lose one's virtue (a common phrase describing moral downfall, especially for women in older contexts, but can be used more broadly).
  • Chơi bời lêu lổng, nó đã hư thân mất nết. (By hanging out and fooling around, he ruined himself and lost his virtue.)

1. Turn bad in character (nói về trẻ em)