đốn đời
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Depraved; vile; wicked: Describes a person whose behavior is morally corrupt, base, or contemptible.
- Wretched; miserable; ignoble: Can describe a person or situation that is pitifully unfortunate, degraded, or of low character.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn ta là một kẻ đốn đời, chuyên đi lừa gạt người già. (He is a depraved person, specializing in deceiving the elderly.)
- Cái kiếp đốn đời ấy khiến nó chán ghét tất cả. (That wretched life made him despise everything.)
- Đừng có làm những trò đốn đời như vậy nữa. (Don't play such vile tricks anymore.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "đốn đời" is considered strong, derogatory, and somewhat archaic or literary in modern usage. It conveys deep moral condemnation.
- It can function as an exclamation to express strong disgust or condemnation towards an action or situation.
- Đốn đời! Lại gian lận nữa rồi. (How vile! Cheating again.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đốn kiếp (adj): A direct synonym, also meaning depraved or wretched.
- Cảnh ngộ đốn kiếp. (A wretched circumstance.)
Synonyms
- Depraved: Morally corrupt.
- Vile: Morally despicable or abhorrent.
- Wretched: In a state of deep misery or degradation.
- Ignoble: Not honorable in character or purpose.
Related Idioms
- While "đốn đời" itself is often used as a standalone term of condemnation, it can be part of descriptive phrases.
- Thân phận đốn đời: A wretched fate or status.
- Đồ đốn đời!: A common insult meaning "You vile person!"
- cũng như đốn kiếp
- Badly-behaved, depraved