phụ nghĩa
Definition
- Adjective:
- Ungrateful, thankless: Describes a person who does not show or feel gratitude for kindness or help received, often by failing to return the favor or by acting against their benefactor.
- Unfaithful, disloyal: Describes a person who betrays trust, loyalty, or a duty, particularly in a moral or relational context.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Làm ơn cho họ, cuối cùng lại bị coi là phụ nghĩa. (We did them a favor, only to be considered ungrateful in the end.)
- Hành động của hắn thật phụ nghĩa với ân nhân. (His actions were truly unfaithful to his patron.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "phụ nghĩa" is often used in literary, formal, or moralistic contexts to strongly condemn a breach of ethical duty or gratitude. It carries a heavy negative connotation of moral failing.
Variants and Related Words
- Vong ân phụ nghĩa (idiomatic phrase): To forget favors and be unfaithful; to be utterly ungrateful and disloyal.
- Kẻ vong ân phụ nghĩa không bao giờ được tin cậy. (A person who is utterly ungrateful can never be trusted.)
Synonyms
- Ungrateful: Not feeling or showing gratitude.
- Thankless: Not expressing or feeling gratitude.
- Unfaithful: Not loyal; disloyal.
- Disloyal: Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or principle.
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 to a benefactor.
- Hắn đúng là kẻ ăn cháo đá bát, hoàn toàn phụ nghĩa. (He is truly someone who bites the hand that feeds him, completely ungrateful.)
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Ungrateful, thankless; unfaithful
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