Definition

1. Verb:
   • To compare enviously: To make comparisons with others while feeling envy or jealousy, often focusing on perceived advantages or disadvantages.
   • To be jealous/comparative: To harbor feelings of discontent or resentment arising from a desire for what someone else has, often expressed through comparison.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy hay phân bì với đồng nghiệp về lương thưởng. (He often compares enviously with his colleagues about salary and bonuses.)
  • Đừng phân bì hơn thiệt với người khác, hãy tập trung vào bản thân mình. (Don't compare advantages and disadvantages enviously with others; focus on yourself.)
  • Trẻ con đôi khi phân bì vì đồ chơi của bạn. (Children sometimes get jealous over their friend's toys.)

Advanced Usage

• "Phân bì hơn thiệt": A common fixed phrase meaning "to compare enviously (who has) more advantages and fewer disadvantages."
  • Cô ấy luôn phân bì hơn thiệt với chị gái. (She always compares enviously the advantages and disadvantages with her older sister.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tị nạnh (verb): To be envious, to begrudge. This is a close synonym, often used together with "phân bì" as "phân bì tị nạnh" for emphasis.
  • Thái độ phân bì tị nạnh không giúp ích gì. (An attitude of envious comparison is not helpful.)
• Ganh tị (verb): To be jealous, to envy. It emphasizes the feeling of jealousy more than the act of comparison.
• So bì (verb): To compare competitively or contend (often over trivial things). It is very similar in meaning and usage to "phân bì."

Synonyms

• Compare enviously: The direct translation of the core meaning.
• Be jealous/comparative: Describes the emotional state behind the action.
• Begrudge: To feel resentful that someone has something.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Phân bì hơn thua": Similar to "phân bì hơn thiệt," meaning to compare enviously to see who wins or loses, who is better or worse.
  • Cuộc sống không phải là chuyện phân bì hơn thua. (Life is not about comparing enviously who wins and who loses.)

1. Compare enviously
   • Phân bì hơn thiệt
     To compare enviously advantage and disadvantage