Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hatred, enmity: "hận cừu" refers to a deep-seated, often long-lasting feeling of hatred or animosity between individuals or groups, typically arising from past wrongs or conflicts. It is synonymous with "hận thù" but is considered archaic and rarely used in modern Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mối hận cừu giữa hai gia tộc kéo dài hàng thế kỷ. (The enmity between the two families lasted for centuries.)
  • Anh ấy không thể quên được mối hận cừu cũ. (He could not forget the old hatred.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily found in literary, historical, or formal contexts to describe profound, often generational, hatred. Its usage evokes a classical or poetic tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Hận thù (n): The modern and more commonly used synonym for "hận cừu," meaning hatred or enmity.
  • Mối hận thù đó đã phá hủy mọi thứ. (That hatred destroyed everything.)

Synonyms

• Thù hận (n): Resentment, hatred (a synonym with a similar classical nuance).
• Oán hận (n): Grudge, resentment (emphasizes bitterness from a grievance).

Related Idioms

• Hận cừu chất chồng: (Literally: piled-up enmity) Describing deep, accumulated hatred.
  • Câu chuyện kể về mối hận cừu chất chồng không thể hóa giải. (The story tells of an irreconcilable, deep-seated enmity.)

1. (ít dùng) như hận thù