Definition

1. Noun:
   • Grudge, resentment, animosity: A persistent feeling of ill will, bitterness, or deep-seated resentment held by one person or group against another, often stemming from a past offense or conflict.
   • Enmity, feud: A state of prolonged mutual hostility or hatred.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Giữa hai gia đình ấy có hiềm khích từ đời ông cố. (There has been animosity between those two families since their great-grandfathers' time.)
  • Họ cố gắng xóa bỏ mọi hiềm khích cũ. (They tried to erase all old grudges.)
  • Mối hiềm khích cá nhân không nên ảnh hưởng đến công việc. (Personal resentment should not affect work.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hiềm khích" often implies a deep, historical, or longstanding bitterness that is not easily forgotten or resolved. It is more formal and serious than casual dislike.

Variants and Related Words

• Hiềm thù (n): Deep-seated hatred, vendetta.
  • Mối hiềm thù đó kéo dài hàng thập kỷ. (That vendetta lasted for decades.)
• Hiềm nghi (n): Suspicion, doubt (a different but related concept involving negative feeling).
  • Hành động của anh ta gây nhiều hiềm nghi. (His actions aroused much suspicion.)

Synonyms

• Grudge: A persistent feeling of resentment.
• Animosity: Strong hostility.
• Rancor: Bitterness or resentfulness, especially long-standing.
• Enmity: The state of being actively opposed or hostile.

Related Idioms

• Để bụng hiềm khích: To harbor a grudge.
  • Ông ấy không phải người để bụng hiềm khích. (He is not someone who harbors grudges.)
• Hóa giải hiềm khích: To reconcile, to resolve a feud.
  • Cả hai bên mong muốn hóa giải hiềm khích. (Both sides wish to resolve the feud.)

1. hate, be at olds with
   • Họ hiềm khích nhau đã từ lâu
     They have been hating each other for long