Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hate, to bear a grudge against: "thù oán" describes the strong, deep-seated feeling of hatred and resentment held against someone, often due to a perceived wrong or injury. It implies a lasting animosity.
   • To harbor enmity: It conveys the act of nurturing feelings of hostility and ill will.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta thù oán kẻ đã phản bội mình. (He hates / bears a grudge against the person who betrayed him.)
  • Họ thù oán nhau từ nhiều năm trước. (They have harbored enmity towards each other for many years.)
  • Đừng gây thù oán với hàng xóm. (Don't create hatred / enmity with your neighbors.)

Advanced Usage

• "nuôi thù oán": to nurse/nourish a grudge; to harbor hatred over time.

  • Nuôi thù oán trong lòng chỉ làm tổn thương chính mình. (Nursing a grudge in your heart only hurts yourself.)

• "mối thù oán": a feud, a state of enmity (Note: This is a compound noun phrase, not the verb itself).

  • Mối thù oán giữa hai gia đình kéo dài hàng thế kỷ. (The feud between the two families lasted for centuries.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thù (n/verb): enemy; to consider as an enemy/to hate. A core component of "thù oán".
• Oán (n/verb): resentment, grievance; to resent. A core component of "thù oán".
• Oán hận (verb): to resent bitterly. Very close in meaning to "thù oán".
• Căm thù (verb): to detest, to loathe. Emphasizes intense hatred.
• Hận thù (n): hatred, enmity (noun form).

Synonyms

• Căm ghét: to detest, to abhor.
• Ghét bỏ: to hate and reject.
• Bất bình (often used as "oán giận, bất bình"): to be indignant, to hold a grievance.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Thù oán chất chồng": Hatred piles up; to have accumulated deep and numerous grudges.

  • Sau bao nhiêu năm xung đột, thù oán đã chất chồng. (After so many years of conflict, hatred has piled up.)

• "Giải mối thù oán": to resolve a feud/to settle enmity.

  • Hai bên đã tìm cách giải mối thù oán. (The two sides found a way to resolve their feud.)

verb

1. to hate, to play epique on (upon)