Definition

1. Verb:
   • To commit self-destruction; to destroy oneself: To engage in actions that lead to one's own ruin, downfall, or destruction, often through one's own choices or behaviors. This implies a process of decay or corruption that ultimately results in the loss of one's original state, integrity, or existence.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hắn đang tự hoại thân bằng rượu chè và cờ bạc. (He is destroying himself with alcohol and gambling.)
  • Chính sách đó cuối cùng sẽ khiến chế độ tự hoại thân. (That policy will eventually cause the regime to self-destruct.)
  • Đừng vì một phút nóng giận mà hoại thân. (Don't destroy yourself over a moment of anger.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in a formal or literary context to describe a profound, often moral or existential, self-ruin. It carries a stronger connotation than simply "harming oneself" and suggests a deeper corruption or fundamental undoing.
• It can be applied to individuals, groups, or even abstract entities like systems or reputations.

Variants and Related Words

• Hoại thân hoại thế: An idiomatic extension meaning "to ruin both oneself and one's family/lineage," emphasizing the extensive, generational damage caused by one's self-destructive actions.
  • Cứ sống buông thả, hắn sẽ hoại thân hoại thế. (If he continues to live recklessly, he will ruin himself and his family.)

Synonyms

• Tự hủy hoại: To self-destruct; to engage in self-damage.
• Tự diệt: To self-annihilate; to cause one's own end.
• Làm hại bản thân: To harm oneself (a more general and less severe term).

Related Idioms

• Hoại thân hoại thế: As mentioned above, this is the primary and most common idiom directly related to the target word. It intensifies the meaning to include the destruction of one's legacy or family.

1. Commit self-destruction

Idioms

• Hoại thân hoại thế
  như hoại thân