Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hostility, conflict, animosity: "hấn" refers to a state of antagonism, ill will, or a quarrelsome disposition, often leading to or being part of a conflict. It is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese and is most commonly found in the compound phrase "gây hấn".

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Giữa hai bên đã có hấn từ lâu. (There has been animosity between the two sides for a long time.)
  • Anh ta nhìn tôi với ánh mắt đầy hấn. (He looked at me with a gaze full of hostility.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "hấn" is considered literary or somewhat archaic in contemporary Vietnamese. Its primary modern function is as a component in fixed phrases.
• "có hấn": to have a grudge, to be in a state of conflict.
  • Hai gia đình đó có hấn với nhau. (Those two families have a grudge against each other.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gây hấn (verb phrase): to provoke, to pick a fight, to act aggressively. This is the most common usage.
  • Đừng có gây hấn với hàng xóm. (Don't pick a fight with the neighbors.)
• Hiếu hấn (adjective): belligerent, aggressive, quarrelsome.
  • Tính tình hiếu hấn. (A belligerent temperament.)

Synonyms

• Thù hằn (n): enmity, deep-seated hatred.
• Xung đột (n): conflict, clash.
• Ác cảm (n): antipathy, ill feeling.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Mối hấn (noun phrase): the grudge, the hostility.
  • Mối hấn giữa hai dòng họ. (The grudge between the two clans.)

Related Idioms

• "Hận thù, hấn khúc": This is a rare, classical-style phrase pairing words for deep hatred ("hận thù") and conflict ("hấn khúc"), emphasizing a prolonged and bitter enmity.

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