Miệng sàm

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Slanderous mouth / Defamatory mouth: Refers to a person who habitually speaks maliciously, spreading false accusations or harmful rumors about others. It describes the source of slanderous talk.
   • A slanderer / A backbiter: By extension, it can refer to the person possessing such a mouth, i.e., someone who engages in defamation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đừng nghe theo những lời đồn từ miệng sàm. (Do not listen to rumors from slanderous mouths.)
  • Hắn ta chính là một miệng sàm, chuyên đi nói xấu người khác. (He is a slanderer, specializing in speaking ill of others.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is classical and carries a strong negative moral judgment, often found in literary or formal contexts criticizing immoral speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Nói xấu (v): to speak ill of, to badmouth.
  • Cô ấy thích nói xấu đồng nghiệp. (She likes to badmouth her colleagues.)
• Vu khống (v): to slander, to libel (often with legal implications).
  • Hành động vu khống có thể bị kiện ra tòa. (The act of slander can be taken to court.)
• Đặt điều (v): to fabricate stories, to spread falsehoods.
  • Anh ta thường đặt điều để hạ uy tín đối thủ. (He often fabricates stories to undermine his opponent's reputation.)

Synonyms

• Slanderer: a person who utters slander.
• Defamer: a person who attacks the good reputation of someone.
• Calumniator: a person who makes false and defamatory statements.

Related Idioms

• Miệng lưỡi độc địa: having a vicious tongue.
  • Kẻ đó có miệng lưỡi độc địa, làm hại bao người. (That person has a vicious tongue, harming many people.)
• Ăn không nói có: to claim something exists when it does not; to fabricate.
  • Chuyện đó hoàn toàn bịa đặt, đúng là ăn không nói có. (That story is completely fabricated, it's truly a case of malicious fabrication.)