hổ thẹn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Ashamed; feeling shame: A state of painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety in one's own actions or character.
- Shameful; disgraceful: Deserving or causing a feeling of shame; bringing disgrace.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi cảm thấy rất hổ thẹn vì hành động của mình. (I feel deeply ashamed of my actions.)
- Đó là một hành vi hổ thẹn không thể chấp nhận được. (That is a shameful and unacceptable behavior.)
- Anh ấy hổ thẹn vì đã không giữ lời hứa. (He is ashamed for not keeping his promise.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "hổ thẹn" often implies a deep, moral shame related to one's conscience or honor, rather than a simple embarrassment. It is a strong term.
- It can be used reflexively ( - to feel ashamed of oneself) or directed towards an entity (e.g., - ashamed before one's ancestors).
Variants and Related Words
- Xấu hổ (adj): ashamed, embarrassed. This is a more common and slightly less intense synonym.
- Cô ấy xấu hổ khi bị phát hiện. (She was embarrassed when she was caught.)
- Hổ ngươi (adj): a literary synonym for feeling ashamed or bashful.
Synonyms
- Ashamed: affected by shame.
- Shamefaced: showing shame.
- Mortified: deeply embarrassed or ashamed.
- Disgraceful: shockingly unacceptable.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Hổ thẹn với lương tâm: to be ashamed in one's conscience.
- Anh ta không hề hổ thẹn với lương tâm. (He feels no shame in his conscience.)
- Mặt dày không biết hổ thẹn: to be thick-skinned and feel no shame; shameless.
- Hắn là kẻ mặt dày không biết hổ thẹn. (He is a shameless, thick-skinned person.)
adj
- shameful; ashamed
- điều hổ thẹnshame