Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disregard a favor, to be ungrateful for a kindness received: The act of ignoring, forgetting, or failing to acknowledge a benefit or good deed done for you by someone else. It implies ingratitude and a lack of appreciation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta đã phủi ơn người đã cứu mạng mình. (He disregarded the favor of the person who saved his life.)
  • Đừng bao giờ phủi ơn cha mẹ. (Never be ungrateful to your parents.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy bị tổn thương khi bạn mình phủi ơn sự giúp đỡ của cô. (She felt hurt when her friend disregarded her help.)

Advanced Usage

• "phủi ơn nghĩa": This is a common compound phrase that intensifies the meaning, emphasizing the disregard for both favor () and moral obligation or debt of gratitude (). It denotes a deeper level of ingratitude.
  • Hành động phủi ơn nghĩa đó thật đáng chê trách. (That act of utter ingratitude is truly condemnable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vong ơn (verb): To forget a favor/kindness; to be ungrateful. Similar in meaning but can sound more literary.
• Bội ơn (verb): To betray a kindness; to repay good with bad. Stronger, implying active betrayal rather than passive disregard.
• Ăn cháo đá bát (idiom): Literally "to eat the porridge and kick the bowl". A vivid idiom meaning to bite the hand that feeds you; to be profoundly ungrateful after benefiting from someone.

Synonyms

• Không biết ơn: To not be grateful.
• Quên ơn: To forget a favor.

Related Idioms

• Qua cầu rút ván: Literally "to cross the bridge and then remove the planks". Means to abandon or betray someone immediately after using their help to achieve your own goal. It closely relates to the concept of .
  • Hắn là kẻ qua cầu rút ván, giúp hắn xong là hắn phủi ơn ngay. (He is the type who kicks away the ladder; once you help him, he immediately disregards the favor.)

1. Disregard the favour (done by somebody)