vô ơn
Definition
- Adjective:
- Ungrateful: Describes a person who does not show or feel gratitude for kindness or benefits received from others. It implies a lack of thankfulness.
- Unappreciative: Failing to recognize the value of a favor or help given.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ đó thật vô ơn. (That child is truly ungrateful.)
- Cô ấy cảm thấy bị tổn thương vì lời chỉ trích vô ơn. (She felt hurt by the unappreciative criticism.)
- Hành động của hắn thật vô ơn bạc nghĩa. (His action was truly ungrateful and treacherous.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often intensified in fixed phrases to convey stronger moral condemnation.
- "vô ơn bội nghĩa": Ungrateful and treacherous; denoting a severe betrayal of trust and kindness.
- Kẻ vô ơn bội nghĩa đó đã phản bội người đã cứu mạng hắn. (That ungrateful traitor betrayed the person who saved his life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vô ơn bạc nghĩa (adj): A common variant similar to "vô ơn bội nghĩa," meaning ungrateful and lacking in righteousness.
- Sự vô ơn (n): Ingratitude (the noun form denoting the quality or act).
- Sự vô ơn của nó khiến mọi người thất vọng. (His ingratitude disappointed everyone.)
Synonyms
- Ungrateful: Not feeling or showing gratitude.
- Unthankful: Not expressing thanks.
- Unappreciative: Not recognizing the worth of something given.
Related Idioms
- Ăn cháo đá bát: Literally "to eat the porridge and kick the bowl." This idiom vividly describes ungrateful behavior, akin to biting the hand that feeds you.
- Hắn ta đúng là loại người ăn cháo đá bát. (He is exactly the type who bites the hand that feeds him.)