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Definition
- Adjective:
- Corrupt, degenerate: Describes something (especially customs, morals, or systems) that has decayed, become rotten, or fallen into a state of depravity and is no longer good or acceptable.
- Decayed, rotten: Can describe something that is physically or morally spoiled and worthless.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Phải từ bỏ những phong tục hủ bại. (Degenerate customs must be abolished.)
- Một xã hội với những tư tưởng hủ bại. (A society with corrupt ideologies.)
- Những quan niệm hủ bại đó cần được loại bỏ. (Those degenerate notions need to be eliminated.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal or literary contexts to criticize outdated, harmful, or morally bankrupt traditions, practices, or systems.
- Typically modifies abstract nouns like (customs), (ideology), (concept), (regime).
Variants and Related Words
- Hủ lậu (adj): Obsolete, backward, antiquated (often referring to outdated ideas or methods).
- Thối nát (adj): Rotten, corrupt (can be used for both physical decay and moral/political corruption).
- Suy đồi (adj/verb): Degenerate, decadent / to degenerate (describing moral decline).
Synonyms
- Đồi bại: Depraved, degenerate.
- Suy thoái: Degenerated, decadent (often used for moral or economic decline).
- Bại hoại: Corrupted, ruined.
Notes on Meaning
- The word strongly implies a negative judgment and a state of decline from a previous, better condition.
- It is not typically used to describe people directly (e.g., "a corrupt person") but rather the systems, customs, or morals associated with them.
- Corrupt, degenerate
- Phải từ bỏ những phong tục hủ bạiDegenerate customs must be abolished