mang tội
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To bear guilt / to be guilty: To carry the responsibility or blame for a wrongdoing or crime. It implies a state of being culpable or having committed an offense.
- To incur guilt: To bring guilt upon oneself through one's actions.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Hắn mang tội giết người. (He is guilty of murder.)
- Hành động đó khiến cô mang tội với chính lương tâm mình. (That action made her bear guilt before her own conscience.)
- Không ai muốn mang tội trước pháp luật. (No one wants to be guilty before the law.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a moral or legal weight and can be used in both formal (legal, religious) and informal contexts to describe serious wrongdoing.
- It can be used with modifiers to specify the nature of the guilt, e.g., (to bear a heavy guilt), (to be guilty towards the homeland).
Variants and Related Words
- Phạm tội (v): to commit a crime. This focuses on the act of committing, while focuses on the resulting state of guilt.
- Kẻ phạm tội đã bị bắt. (The criminal has been arrested.)
- Có tội (adj phrase): to be guilty. Similar in meaning but often used in a more declarative or factual sense.
- Bị cáo đã có tội. (The defendant was found guilty.)
Synonyms
- Be guilty: To have committed a crime or offense.
- Bear guilt: To carry the burden of being at fault.
- Incur blame: To become deserving of censure.
Related Idioms
- Mang tội với đời: To bear a guilt towards life; to feel responsible for a great failing in one's life's purpose or duty.
- Ông ấy cảm thấy mình mang tội với đời vì đã không hoàn thành sứ mệnh. (He feels he bears a guilt towards life for not fulfilling his mission.)