đang tâm
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Callous, heartless, cruel: Describes a person who deliberately and without remorse does something cruel, immoral, or harmful, showing a complete lack of compassion or conscience.
- Having the audacity/impudence to: Carries the nuance of having the shameless nerve or brazenness to commit a reprehensible act, often knowing it is wrong.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn đang tâm bỏ rơi đứa con mới sinh. (He was callous enough to abandon his newborn child.)
- Làm sao cô có thể đang tâm lừa dối người bạn thân nhất của mình? (How could you be heartless enough to deceive your best friend?)
- Bọn cướp đang tâm cướp sạch tài sản của một bà cụ neo đơn. (The robbers had the audacity to rob all the property of a lonely old woman.)
Advanced Usage
- "đang tâm mà + [verb]": Used to emphasize the deliberate and shocking nature of a cruel action.
- Nó đang tâm mà phản bội lại ân nhân của mình. (He was so callous as to betray his own benefactor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tàn nhẫn (adj): Cruel, brutal. (A more general term for cruelty, not always implying the same deliberate, conscience-less intent as "đang tâm").
- Độc ác (adj): Evil, wicked. (Emphasizes malicious evilness).
- Vô tâm (adj): Thoughtless, inconsiderate. (Different meaning: implies carelessness or lack of attention, not deliberate cruelty).
Synonyms
- Nhẫn tâm: Heartless, merciless.
- Bạc ác: Cruel and ungrateful.
- Trơ trẽn: Brazen, shameless (focuses on the impudence aspect).
Related Idioms
- "Đang tâm địa": An older or more literary variant with the same meaning, emphasizing a cruel nature or intention.
- Kẻ đang tâm địa ấy không có chút lương tâm. (That heartless person has no conscience at all.)
- Be callous enough tọ
- Đang tâm giết cả trẻ em, đàn bà và người giàTo be callous enough to massacre children, women and old people