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Meaning
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Adjective
Not showing thanks or treating someone badly after they have helped you.
vi Anh ta là một kẻ tệ bạc với chính ân nhân của mình.
en He is an ungrateful person to his own benefactor.
Lacking any feeling of pity or sympathy for other people's suffering.
vi Cuộc đời thật tệ bạc khi để ông cụ phải sống cô độc.
en Life is heartless to let the old man live in loneliness.
Adverb
Done in a way that shows no thanks for the help received.
vi Họ đối xử tệ bạc với những người từng cưu mang mình.
en They treated their former benefactors ungratefully.
Done in a way that shows no pity or sympathy for others.
vi Mọi người nói chuyện với nhau một cách thật tệ bạc.
en People talk to each other very heartlessly.