đớn đời
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Wretched, miserable, pitiful: Describes a state of extreme suffering, misfortune, or a very low, contemptible condition.
- Vile, base, despicable: Refers to behavior or character that is morally low, shameful, or dishonorable.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cuộc sống của họ thật đớn đời sau trận lũ. (Their life is truly wretched after the flood.)
- Hắn ta là một kẻ đớn đời, không ai trong làng muốn tiếp xúc. (He is a vile/despicable fellow; no one in the village wants to interact with him.)
- Cảnh tượng đớn đời đó khiến ai nấy đều xót thương. (That pitiful scene made everyone feel compassion.)
Advanced Usage
- The word đớn đời carries a strong negative connotation and is often used in literary or emphatic contexts to express deep contempt or profound pity. It is not typically used in casual, everyday conversation.
- It can describe both a person's miserable circumstances and their morally reprehensible character.
Variants and Related Words
- Đớn kiếp (adj): A variant with the same meaning (wretched, vile). This form is also considered somewhat archaic or literary.
- Số phận đớn kiếp của những người nô lệ. (The wretched fate of the slaves.)
- Đớn (adj, root): Painful, aching (as in physical pain). Đớn đời intensifies this root meaning into a state of existential or moral suffering.
- Vết thương đớn nhức. (The wound aches painfully.)
Synonyms
- Khốn khổ (adj): Destitute, miserable (focuses on poverty and hardship).
- Đáng khinh (adj): Despicable, contemptible (focuses on low moral character).
- Thảm hại (adj): Pitiful, pathetic (focuses on a sorry state leading to pity or scorn).
Related Idioms
- Đớn đời đớn kiếp: An intensified phrase emphasizing extreme wretchedness or vileness across a lifetime or existence.
- Chúng đã gây ra cho dân làng một kiếp sống đớn đời đớn kiếp. (They inflicted upon the villagers a life of utter wretchedness.)
- cũng nói đớn kiếp Badly-bahaved