tàn hại

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殘害.

Pronunciation

Verb

tàn hại

  1. (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."