Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Morally bad, wicked, evil: Describes a person, thought, or action that is profoundly immoral, corrupt, or depraved.
   • Vile, base, despicable: Indicates something or someone is of very low moral character, worthy of contempt or shame.
   • Ugly, foul (in a moral sense): Can describe something that is repugnant or offensive in a non-physical, ethical sense.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hắn ta là một kẻ xấu xa. (He is a wicked person.)
  • Đừng có những ý nghĩ xấu xa như vậy. (Don't have such vile thoughts.)
  • Hành động phản bội đó thật xấu xa. (That act of betrayal was truly despicable.)

Advanced Usage

• "bản chất xấu xa": wicked/evil nature.
  • Anh ta đã lộ rõ bản chất xấu xa. (He revealed his wicked nature.)
• "tâm địa xấu xa": malicious/evil heart, evil intentions.
  • Kẻ đó có tâm địa xấu xa. (That person has evil intentions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xấu (adj): Bad, ugly. A more general term. "Xấu xa" intensifies "xấu" with a strong moral condemnation.
  • hành vi xấu (bad behavior) vs. hành vi xấu xa (wicked/despicable behavior).
• Đê tiện (adj): Mean, base, vile. A close synonym focusing on lowliness and lack of honor.
• Tồi tệ (adj): Terrible, awful. Can be used for situations or moral character, but is broader and sometimes less strong than "xấu xa".

Synonyms

• Độc ác: cruel, malicious.
• Thấp hèn: lowly, ignoble.
• Đáng khinh: contemptible, despicable.
• Tội lỗi: sinful.

Related Idioms

• "Xấu xa như quỷ": as wicked as a devil.
  • Tên buôn người đó xấu xa như quỷ. (That human trafficker is as wicked as a devil.)
• "Lòng dạ xấu xa": wicked heart/mind.
  • Đừng tin hắn, hắn có lòng dạ xấu xa. (Don't trust him; he has a wicked heart.)

adj

1. bad