hối
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Definition
- Verb:
- To regret; to repent; to rue: To feel sorrow, remorse, or distress over a past action, event, or missed opportunity.
- To urge; to press; to hurry someone: To encourage or request someone to act more quickly or to do something promptly.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to regret):
- Cô ấy hối hận vì đã không nghe lời khuyên. (She regrets not listening to the advice.)
- Anh ấy hối tiếc vì quyết định vội vàng. (He rushes the hasty decision.)
- Verb (to urge):
- Mẹ hối con đi học cho kịp giờ. (The mother urges her child to go to school on time.)
- Ông chủ hối nhân viên hoàn thành báo cáo. (The boss presses the employee to finish the report.)
Advanced Usage
- "hối hận": to feel deep regret or remorse. This is a common compound emphasizing strong contrition.
- Sau vụ tai nạn, người lái xe hối hận vô cùng. (After the accident, the driver felt immense remorse.)
- "hối tiếc": to feel regret or sorrow, often for something lost or missed.
- Tôi hối tiếc vì đã bỏ lỡ cơ hội đó. (I regret missing that opportunity.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hối thúc (v): to urge insistently, to press.
- Giám đốc hối thúc tiến độ dự án. (The director urges the project's progress.)
- Hối lỗi (v): to repent one's mistake, to apologize.
- Cậu bé thành thật hối lỗi với mẹ. (The boy sincerely repented his mistake to his mother.)
Synonyms
- Regret: to feel sad or disappointed about something.
- Repent: to feel remorse for one's sin or wrongdoing.
- Urge: to strongly encourage or persuade someone to do something.
- Press: to insist on prompt action.
Related Idioms
- Hối không kịp: To regret when it is too late.
- Nếu không học chăm bây giờ, sau này sẽ hối không kịp. (If you don't study hard now, you will regret it when it's too late.)
- Tiền hối hậu thúc: To urge and press continuously (literally: to urge from the front and push from the back).
- Cô ấy tiền hối hậu thúc để tôi ký hợp đồng. (She kept urging and pressing me to sign the contract.)
verb
- to repent; to regret; to rue
verb
- to press; to urge; to hurry