đáng chết

Definition

1. Adjective phrase:
   • Deserving of death: Used to describe a person, action, or behavior considered so morally reprehensible, evil, or harmful that death is seen as a fitting punishment.
   • Worthy of being killed: Expresses extreme condemnation, suggesting that the subject's actions justify being killed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase:
  • Hành động phản bội tổ quốc của hắn thật đáng chết. (His act of betraying the country is truly deserving of death.)
  • Tên cướp đã làm nhiều việc đáng chết. (The robber has done many things worthy of death.)
  • "Mày đáng chết!" hét lên. ("You deserve to die!" he shouted.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in hyperbolic or figurative speech to express intense anger, disgust, or moral outrage, not necessarily a literal call for execution.
  • Cái tính hay nói xấu người khác của cô ta đáng chết lắm. (Her habit of badmouthing others is utterly despicable [lit. deserving of death].)

Variants and Related Words

• Đáng tội (adj phrase): deserving of punishment/blame (less severe than ).
  • Nó cũng đáng tội, nhưng chưa đến mức đáng chết. (He also deserves blame, but not to the point of deserving death.)

Synonyms

• Deserving of capital punishment: Meriting the death penalty.
• Execrable: Deserving intense dislike; abominable.
• Heinous: Utterly odious or wicked.

Related Idioms

• Đáng đời: Serves you/him/them right (often used for a deserved, negative consequence, but generally less severe than ).
  • Ăn cắp bị bắt, đáng đời! (He got caught stealing, serves him right!)