khát máu

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Definition
  1. 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.)
adj
  1. bloodthirsty