hung ác
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Cruel, ferocious, brutal: Describes a person, animal, or action that is extremely violent, savage, and shows a desire to cause suffering or pain. It implies a combination of fierceness and malicious intent.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bọn cướp đó rất hung ác. (Those robbers are very cruel/ferocious.)
- Hắn ta có một bản tính hung ác. (He has a cruel/brutal nature.)
- Con hổ nhìn rất hung ác. (The tiger looks very ferocious.)
Advanced Usage
"hung ác tàn bạo": A common collocation intensifying the meaning to "cruel and brutal."
- Chúng không ngần ngại thực hiện những hành động hung ác tàn bạo. (They did not hesitate to carry out cruel and brutal acts.)
Used to describe abstract concepts like policies, regimes, or eras.
- Chế độ hung ác đó đã bị lật đổ. (That brutal regime was overthrown.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hung dữ (adj): Fierce, ferocious (often used for animals or a fierce temper, may lack the strong connotation of malicious intent found in "hung ác").
- Độc ác (adj): Malicious, wicked, evil (emphasizes malicious intent and cunning, sometimes more psychological than physically violent).
- Tàn bạo (adj): Brutal, barbaric (emphasizes savage, inhuman violence and cruelty).
- Hung thần (n): Fiend, demon (a noun meaning a ferocious or evil spirit/person).
- Hung khí (n): Lethal weapon (a noun for a weapon).
Synonyms
- Dã man: Savage, barbaric.
- Tàn nhẫn: Merciless, ruthless.
- Hiểm độc: Malicious, venomous (emphasizes treacherous cunning).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As an adjective, "hung ác" does not form phrasal verbs. It can be part of verb phrases. - Tỏ ra hung ác: To act/show oneself as cruel. - Kẻ thù ngày càng tỏ ra hung ác. (The enemy is increasingly acting cruelly.) - Trở nên hung ác: To become cruel/ferocious. - Sau biến cố, anh ta trở nên hung ác. (After the incident, he became cruel.)
Related Idioms
- Mặt hung ác: A cruel/ferocious face (describing a fierce facial expression).
- Hắn quay lại với bộ mặt hung ác. (He turned around with a ferocious face.)
- Lòng dạ hung ác: A cruel heart/mind (describing a malicious nature).
- Đừng tin lời kẻ có lòng dạ hung ác. (Do not trust the words of someone with a cruel heart.)