đáng phạt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Deserving of punishment; punishable: Describes a person, action, or behavior that merits a penalty, sanction, or reprimand due to being wrong, harmful, or against the rules.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hành vi nguy hiểm đó là đáng phạt. (That dangerous behavior is punishable.)
- Lái xe khi say rượu là một lỗi đáng phạt rất nặng. (Driving while drunk is a very serious, punishable offense.)
- Cậu bé biết mình đáng phạt vì đã nói dối. (The boy knew he deserved punishment for lying.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in legal, official, or parental contexts to judge the severity of a transgression. It emphasizes that a penalty is not just possible but is justified and warranted.
Variants and Related Words
- Bị phạt (v): to be punished. This describes the state of receiving punishment.
- Nó bị phạt vì không làm bài tập. (He was punished for not doing his homework.)
- Hình phạt (n): punishment, penalty. This is the noun for the punishment itself.
- Hình phạt cho tội đó là năm tù. (The punishment for that crime is five years in prison.)
Synonyms
- Punishable: liable to or deserving punishment.
- Culpable: deserving blame.
- Reprehensible: deserving censure or condemnation.
Related Idioms
- Đáng tội đáng phạt: Deserves sin, deserves punishment. This idiom reinforces the idea of just deserts for a wrongdoing.
- Hắn lừa đảo nhiều người, giờ vào tù cũng là đáng tội đáng phạt. (He defrauded many people; now going to prison is exactly what he deserves.)