nhiếc móc

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông nhiếc móc đồng nghiệp của mình trước mặt mọi người.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To humiliate (someone) by pointing out their flaws: The act of criticizing or mocking someone by deliberately highlighting their shortcomings or defects, with the intention of causing them emotional pain or shame.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy thường nhiếc móc vợ mình trước mặt bạn bè. (He often humiliates his wife in front of friends by pointing out her flaws.)
  • Đừng nhiếc móc người khác vì những khuyết điểm của họ. (Don't humiliate others because of their defects.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhiếc móc nhau": to humiliate each other by trading insults about flaws.
  • Hai người họ cứ nhiếc móc nhau suốt buổi họp. (The two of them spent the whole meeting humiliating each other.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhiếc (verb): to scold, to rebuke harshly. This is a stronger, more direct component of "nhiếc móc."
• Móc (verb): to hook, to pick at. In this compound, it figuratively means to "pick at" or "dig up" someone's faults.
• Chửi mắng (verb): to swear at, to curse. This is a more general term for verbal abuse, which can include "nhiếc móc."
• Chê bai (verb): to criticize, to disparage. This is criticism that may or may not have the intent to humiliate.

Synonyms

• Làm nhục: to disgrace, to dishonor.
• Sỉ nhục: to insult, to affront (often with a stronger sense of public shaming).

Related Phrases

• Nói xấu sau lưng: to speak ill of someone behind their back. This is related but focuses on gossip rather than direct confrontation.
• Bới móc: to dig up (dirt/secrets). This shares the "móc" component and means to dig up someone's past mistakes or secrets, often to criticize or humiliate them.

Học thuật

1. Humiliate (someone) with remarks on his defects