thối tha
Definition
- Adjective:
- Rotten / Putrid: Describes something that has decayed and emits a foul, offensive smell.
- Corrupt / Decadent / Degenerate: Describes something morally or socially rotten, depraved, or corrupt.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Thùng rác này có mùi thối tha. (This trash can has a rotten smell.)
- Những tệ nạn thối tha trong xã hội cũ. (The corrupt vices in the old society.)
- Đó là một âm mưu thối tha. (That is a rotten conspiracy.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe abstract concepts like ideas, systems, or morals as fundamentally corrupt and repulsive.
- Một chế độ thối tha. (A decadent regime.)
- Những tư tưởng thối tha. (Degenerate ideas.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thối (adj): Rotten, putrid (primarily for smell or physical decay).
- Cá đã thối. (The fish has rotted.)
- Thối nát (adj): Rotten to the core; deeply corrupt (used for both physical and moral contexts).
- Gỗ đã thối nát. (The wood is rotten.)
- Một bộ máy thối nát. (A corrupt machinery.)
Synonyms
- Putrid: Decayed and smelling foul.
- Decadent: Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- Depraved: Morally corrupt; wicked.
- Corrupt: Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain.
Related Idioms
- While "thối tha" itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, it is used in vivid, condemnatory phrases.
- Thối tha thối thúi: An emphatic, colloquial repetition for emphasis, meaning "utterly rotten" or "disgustingly corrupt."
- Lũ người đó thối tha thối thúi. (That bunch of people is utterly corrupt.)