tàn hại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殘害.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːn˨˩ haːj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˩ haːj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˨˩ haːj˨˩˨]

Verb

(literary) to harm, to damage
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
  – Bọn quan quân vô sỉ tàn hại dân lành mau xuống ngựa nộp mạng.
  "Impudent government soldiers who do harm to innocent civilians, get of your horses right now and die."

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