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Definition
- Adjective:
- Perverse; ill-behaved; naughty: Used primarily to describe a child who is not well-behaved, often acting in a spoiled, quarrelsome, or willfully disobedient manner. It implies a bad disposition or troublesome character traits.
- Of bad character; vicious: Can describe someone, not necessarily a child, who has a mean-spirited, argumentative, or morally flawed nature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ đó rất xấu nết, luôn tranh giành đồ chơi với bạn. (That child is very ill-behaved, always fighting over toys with friends.)
- Nó bị mắng vì xấu nết, hay cãi lời người lớn. (He was scolded for being naughty and often talking back to adults.)
- Tính nó xấu nết, hay gây chuyện với mọi người. (His character is bad; he often picks fights with people.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in a corrective or disapproving context, typically by parents, teachers, or elders commenting on behavior that needs to be disciplined or reformed.
- While commonly applied to children, it can be used for adults in a more severe sense to indicate a deeply ingrained bad character.
Variants and Related Words
- Hư đốn (adj): Depraved, corrupt. A stronger term implying moral corruption, often used for serious moral failings beyond childish misbehavior.
- Ngỗ nghịch (adj): Rebellious, unruly. Specifically emphasizes disobedience and defiance against authority.
- Đành hanh (adj): Bratty, spoiled. Often used alongside "xấu nết" to describe a child who is willful and demanding.
Synonyms
- Ill-behaved: Behaving badly.
- Naughty: Behaving disobediently or mischievously (common for children).
- Perverse: Willfully determined to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way.
- Vicious: Having a cruel or malicious nature.
Related Idioms
- Xấu nết đánh chết không chừa: A saying meaning "if someone is of bad character, even beating them to death won't reform them." It emphasizes the difficulty of changing ingrained bad habits or a vicious nature.
- Đồ xấu nết đánh chết không chừa! (You ill-behaved brat, even a beating won't cure you!)