Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To suppress one's hatred, to suppress one's resentment: To forcibly hold back or swallow down feelings of deep resentment, hatred, or bitterness, often due to powerlessness or the need to endure a situation.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ấy phải nuốt hận khi thấy kẻ thù thành công. (He had to suppress his hatred upon seeing his enemy succeed.)
  • Vì gia đình, cô ấy đành nuốt hận mà chịu đựng mọi sỉ nhục. (For the sake of her family, she had no choice but to swallow her resentment and endure all the humiliation.)
  • Không thể phản kháng, họ chỉ biết nuốt hận vào trong. (Unable to fight back, they could only swallow their bitterness.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often implies a sense of helplessness, forced endurance, and internalized suffering. The "hatred" or "resentment" () is metaphorically "swallowed" (), suggesting it is buried deep inside without being expressed or acted upon.
• It describes a psychological state where one endures injustice or insult without outward protest, leading to internal torment.

Variants and Related Words

• Nuốt giận (verb phrase): To swallow one's anger. This is a closely related phrase focusing more on anger than deep-seated hatred or resentment.
• Nén giận (verb phrase): To suppress one's anger.
• Cam chịu (verb): To resign oneself to, to endure passively. This shares the concept of endurance but does not specifically involve "hatred."

Synonyms

• Chịu đựng trong oán hận: To endure in resentment.
• Kìm nén sự căm thù: To restrain one's hatred.

Related Idioms

• Nuốt nước mắt vào trong: To swallow one's tears. This idiom shares the metaphorical structure of "swallowing" an emotion (sadness) and conveys a similar idea of hidden suffering.
• Bóp bụng chịu đựng: Literally "to squeeze one's stomach and endure," meaning to grit one's teeth and bear something difficult.

1. Suppress one's hatred, suppress one's resentment