sửa tội

Line 1: Người cha đang sửa tội đứa con bằng cách bắt nó đứng khoanh tay trong góc phòng.

Definition

1. Verb (archaic/literary):
   • To punish; to chastise; to discipline: Refers to the act of inflicting punishment or correction for a fault or misdeed. This usage is now rare in modern Vietnamese.
   • To beat; to give a thrashing: A specific, colloquial meaning referring to administering a physical beating as punishment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người cha nghiêm khắc sửa tội đứa con hư. (The strict father punished his disobedient child.)
  • Tên trộm bị làng xóm bắt giữ và sửa tội. (The thief was detained and chastised by the villagers.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "sửa tội" is considered archaic and is primarily encountered in classical literature, historical texts, or in proverbial contexts. In contemporary language, more common verbs like "phạt" (to punish) or "trừng phạt" (to penalize) are used.

Variants and Related Words

• Sửa (v): to repair, to correct, to fix. This is the modern and common meaning of "sửa."
• Trừng trị (v): to punish, to chastise (stronger, more formal).
• Trừng phạt (v): to penalize, to punish.

Synonyms

• Punish: to cause someone to suffer for an offense.
• Chastise: to rebuke or reprimand severely.
• Discipline: to train or correct by punishment.
• Beat: to strike repeatedly (for the colloquial meaning).

Related Idioms

• Ăn vạ đòi sửa tội: (Proverbial) To make a scene and demand punishment for a perceived wrong, often manipulatively. This idiom preserves the archaic term.
  • Đừng có ăn vạ đòi sửa tội ở đây. (Don't make a scene here demanding punishment.)