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Definition
- Adjective:
- Debauched; depraved: Describes a person, behavior, or moral state that is extremely corrupt, dissolute, and marked by a descent into vice and sensual pleasure.
- Decadent; rotten: Describes customs, practices, or a social atmosphere that is morally corrupt, degenerate, and in a state of decay.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Lối sống của hắn ta vô cùng đồi bại. (His lifestyle is utterly debauched.)
- Xã hội ấy bị coi là có những tục lệ đồi bại. (That society is considered to have depraved customs.)
- Bộ phim vạch trần giới thượng lưu đồi bại. (The film exposes the depraved upper class.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe severe moral corruption in individuals or societal norms. It implies a profound fall from a previous state of goodness or propriety.
Variants and Related Words
- Đồi phong bại tục (idiomatic phrase): Decadent customs and corrupt morals; a phrase describing a society where traditions and morals have become degenerate.
- Thời kỳ đó được miêu tả là thời kỳ đồi phong bại tục. (That era is described as a time of decadent customs and corrupt morals.)
Synonyms
- Depraved: Having been corrupted in a moral sense.
- Debauched: Indulging in sensual pleasures to a harmful degree.
- Degenerate: Having lost qualities that are good and desirable.
- Corrupt: Willing to act dishonestly or immorally.
Related Idioms
- Đồi phong bại tục: See 'Variants and Related Words'. This is the primary fixed idiom containing the word.
adj
- Debauched; depraved