phản trắc
Definition
- Adjective:
- Treacherous; perfidious: Describes a person who betrays trust, is disloyal, or acts with deliberate deceit, especially after having pledged faithfulness or allegiance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn là một kẻ phản trắc, không bao giờ giữ lời hứa. (He is a treacherous person who never keeps his promises.)
- Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều vị tướng phản trắc đã đầu hàng quân địch. (History records many treacherous generals who surrendered to the enemy.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe profound betrayal, such as in politics, war, or solemn oaths. It carries a stronger moral condemnation than more common words for dishonesty.
Variants and Related Words
Phản bội (v): to betray.
- Anh ta đã phản bội lại lòng tin của cả gia đình. (He betrayed the trust of the entire family.)
Bội nghĩa (v): to be ungrateful and disloyal (often in the context of failing to repay kindness or moral debt).
- Hành động bội nghĩa sẽ bị mọi người khinh rẻ. (An act of ingratitude and disloyalty will be despised by everyone.)
Synonyms
- Treacherous: Guilty of or involving betrayal of trust.
- Perfidious: Deceitful and untrustworthy.
- Disloyal: Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or principle.
- Faithless: Not keeping faith; disloyal.
Related Idioms
Ăn cháo đá bát: (Literally: to eat the porridge and kick the bowl) To bite the hand that feeds you; to be ungrateful and turn against a benefactor.
- Hắn được giúp đỡ rồi lại quay ra hại ân nhân, đúng là ăn cháo đá bát. (He was helped but then turned to harm his benefactor, truly biting the hand that feeds him.)
Qua cầu rút ván: (Literally: to pull up the planks after crossing the bridge) To abandon or betray someone after achieving one's goal through their help.
- Đừng tin hắn, hắn là kẻ hay qua cầu rút ván. (Don't trust him; he is the type who pulls up the planks after crossing the bridge.)