mang luỵ
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To bring trouble upon oneself; to incur misfortune or blame: The phrase "mang luỵ" describes the act of causing or attracting trouble, misfortune, or a bad reputation to oneself, often as a consequence of one's own actions, associations, or lack of caution.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Anh ấy kết bạn với người xấu nên mang luỵ. (He befriended bad people and brought trouble upon himself.)
- Vì thiếu kinh nghiệm mà cô ấy mang luỵ vào thân. (Due to lack of experience, she incurred misfortune upon herself.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a sense of regret or undeserved suffering resulting from a specific cause. It can be used to warn against careless actions or associations.
Variants and Related Words
- Mang hoạ (verb phrase): to bring disaster upon oneself.
- Hành động liều lĩnh đó khiến anh mang hoạ. (That reckless action caused him to bring disaster upon himself.)
- Mang tiếng (verb phrase): to bring a bad reputation upon oneself; to be scandalized.
- Cô ấy không muốn mang tiếng là người không đáng tin. (She didn't want to get a reputation as an untrustworthy person.)
Synonyms
- Incur blame: to become subject to blame or censure.
- Court trouble: to act in a way that invites problems.
- Bring misfortune upon oneself: to cause bad luck for oneself.
Related Idioms
- Mang nặng đẻ đau: (literally: to carry a heavy burden and give birth in pain) To bear the full consequences of one's actions.
- Anh đã quyết định và giờ phải mang nặng đẻ đau. (He made the decision and now must bear the consequences.)
- Luỵ vì con, luỵ vì chồng: (literally: to suffer because of children, suffer because of husband) To endure hardship or trouble for the sake of one's family.
- Bà ấy cả đời luỵ vì con, luỵ vì chồng. (She spent her whole life enduring troubles for her children and husband.)