Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Heartless; cruel; wicked: Describes a person who lacks compassion, kindness, or moral conscience, often acting in a malicious or inhumane way.
   • Unscrupulous; without conscience: Refers to behavior that shows a complete disregard for ethical principles or the well-being of others.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành động đó thật vô lương. (That action is truly heartless.)
  • Hắn là một kẻ vô lương, chẳng quan tâm đến ai. (He is a wicked person, caring for no one.)
  • Sự lừa dối của họ thể hiện một tâm địa vô lương. (Their deception reveals an unscrupulous nature.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or literary contexts to strongly condemn immoral character or actions, implying a deep-seated absence of goodness.

Variants and Related Words

• Vô lương tâm (adj): Conscienceless; unprincipled. This is a more common compound form emphasizing a lack of moral conscience.
  • Kẻ phản bội đó hoàn toàn vô lương tâm. (That traitor is completely conscienceless.)

Synonyms

• Heartless: Lacking sympathy or feeling.
• Cruel: Willfully causing pain or suffering.
• Wicked: Evil or morally wrong.
• Unscrupulous: Having or showing no moral principles.

Related Idioms

• Vô lương vô đức: Heartless and virtueless. This idiom intensifies the condemnation, describing someone devoid of both conscience and virtue.
  • Tên bóc lột đó thật vô lương vô đức. (That exploiter is truly heartless and virtueless.)