khát máu
Definition
- Adjective:
- Bloodthirsty: Having or showing a strong desire to kill and cause violence; cruel and eager for bloodshed.
- Sanguinary: Involving or causing much bloodshed; characterized by slaughter.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bọn xâm lược là những kẻ khát máu. (The invaders are bloodthirsty people.)
- Hắn có ánh mắt khát máu. (He has a bloodthirsty look in his eyes.)
- Trận chiến trở nên vô cùng khát máu. (The battle became extremely sanguinary.)
Advanced Usage
- Metaphorical Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe an intense, aggressive desire for victory or dominance in non-violent contexts, though this is less common.
- Đội bóng đó chơi với tinh thần khát máu. (That team plays with a bloodthirsty spirit.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khát (adj): Thirsty. The root word meaning "thirsty," used literally (e.g., for water) or figuratively (e.g., for knowledge: ).
- Máu (n): Blood. The noun forming the second part of the compound.
- Hiếu chiến (adj): Bellicose, warlike. Describes an eagerness to fight or go to war.
- Tàn bạo (adj): Brutal, cruel. A broader term for cruelty, not exclusively focused on bloodshed.
Synonyms
- Dã man: Savage, barbaric.
- Hung bạo: Violent, ferocious.
- Thích giết chóc: Fond of killing.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(This section is less common for adjectives in Vietnamese, but the word can be part of descriptive phrases.) - Có tính khát máu: To have a bloodthirsty nature. - Tên sát nhân có tính khát máu. (The murderer has a bloodthirsty nature.)
Related Idioms
- Khát máu như hổ đói: As bloodthirsty as a starving tiger. (Emphasizes extreme bloodthirstiness.)
- Bọn cướp khát máu như hổ đói. (The bandits are as bloodthirsty as starving tigers.)
- Máu lạnh: Cold-blooded. (Often used alongside or similarly to to describe cruelty.)
- Hắn là một kẻ giết người máu lạnh và khát máu. (He is a cold-blooded and bloodthirsty killer.)
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