nhẫn tâm

Thân thiện

Một người nhẫn tâm bỏ rơi chú chó con trong cơn mưa.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Cruel; Heartless: Lacking pity, compassion, or mercy; showing a willingness to cause suffering or pain to others.
   • Merciless: Incapable of being moved to kindness or forgiveness.

2. Verb (to act in a cruel manner):

   • To be cruel/heartless: To behave or act without compassion or mercy.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành động bỏ rơi con mèo nhỏ thật là nhẫn tâm. (The act of abandoning the small kitten was truly heartless.)
  • Anh ta là một kẻ nhẫn tâm. (He is a cruel person.)
• Verb:
  • Sao anh có thể nhẫn tâm như vậy? (How could you be so heartless?)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe a profound moral failing, often implying a deliberate choice to ignore one's conscience or feelings of empathy.
• Commonly appears in critiques of actions, character judgments, and literary descriptions of villains.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự nhẫn tâm (n): Cruelty, heartlessness.
  • Sự nhẫn tâm của hắn không có giới hạn. (His cruelty knows no bounds.)
• Nhẫn tâm hóa (v, less common): To harden one's heart; to become cruel.

Synonyms

• Độc ác: Malicious, wicked.
• Tàn nhẫn: Brutal, ruthless.
• Vô tâm: Thoughtless, inconsiderate (less severe, implies carelessness rather than active cruelty).
• Bạc ác: Ungrateful and wicked.

Antonyms

• Nhân từ: Benevolent, kind.
• Tốt bụng: Good-hearted.
• Khoan dung: Tolerant, forgiving.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Nhẫn tâm nhẫn tính": An intensified form emphasizing extreme cruelty of both heart and nature.
• Often used in the structure "Đừng có nhẫn tâm mà..." (Don't be so heartless as to...).
  • Đừng có nhẫn tâm mà bỏ mặc nó. (Don't be so heartless as to leave it alone.)

Học thuật

1. to be cruel; heartless ; merciless