hèn nhát

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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Cowardly; lacking courage: Describes a person or action that shows a shameful lack of bravery, often driven by fear.
    • Dastardly; mean-spirited and cowardly: Suggests not only cowardice but also a despicable or treacherous nature.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Hành động đó thật hèn nhát. (That action is truly cowardly.)
    • Nó là một kẻ hèn nhát, không dám đối mặt với sự thật. (He is a cowardly person, not daring to face the truth.)
    • Sự phản bội hèn nhát của hắn khiến mọi người phẫn nộ. (His dastardly betrayal made everyone furious.)
Advanced Usage
  • Used to describe not only people but also abstract concepts like actions, decisions, or attitudes that are morally weak and avoid difficulty or danger.
    • Một quyết định hèn nhát nhằm trốn tránh trách nhiệm. (A cowardly decision to evade responsibility.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Nhát gan (adj): Timid, easily frightened (often less morally charged than "hèn nhát").
    • Đừng nhát gan như thế. (Don't be so timid.)
  • Hèn mọn (adj): Mean, petty, base (emphasizes low moral character, not necessarily cowardice).
    • Tính cách hèn mọn. (A mean character.)
Synonyms
  • Cowardly: Lacking courage.
  • Craven: Completely lacking in courage.
  • Dastardly: Wicked and cowardly.
  • Timorous: Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence (less severe).
Antonyms
  • Dũng cảm (adj): Brave, courageous.
  • Can đảm (adj): Brave, valiant.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Hèn nhát như thỏ đế: As cowardly as a rabbit (a common simile emphasizing extreme timidity).
    • Hắn ta hèn nhát như thỏ đế. (He is as cowardly as a rabbit.)
  • Mặt hèn nhát: A cowardly face/expression.
    • Nó nhìn với mặt hèn nhát. (He looked with a cowardly expression.)
adj
  1. cowardly; dastardly
    • kẻ hèn nhát
      A coward; a dastard