bêu riếu
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Definition
- Verb:
- To expose to shame or ridicule: To publicly reveal someone's private faults, mistakes, or embarrassing information with the intention of humiliating or disgracing them.
- To pillory: To subject someone to public scorn, criticism, or abuse.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng đem chuyện riêng của người ta bêu riếu khắp xóm. (Don't expose people's private affairs to ridicule all over the hamlet.)
- Họ bêu riếu anh ấy trên mạng xã hội vì một sai lầm nhỏ. (They pilloried him on social media for a minor mistake.)
- Bêu riếu người khác là một hành vi rất xấu. (Exposing others to shame is a very bad behavior.)
Advanced Usage
- The action often implies a malicious intent to damage someone's reputation within a community or social group.
- It is commonly used in contexts involving gossip, social shaming, or public condemnation.
Variants and Related Words
- Bêu xấu (v): to publicly shame, to defame. A close synonym with a strong emphasis on making someone look bad.
- Cô ấy không ngừng bêu xấu đối thủ của mình. (She continuously defamed her rival.)
Synonyms
- To shame publicly: To cause someone to feel ashamed by making something known publicly.
- To disgrace: To bring shame or dishonor upon someone.
- To defame: To damage the good reputation of someone; to slander or libel.
Related Idioms
- Đem chuyện người khác ra bêu riếu: To take someone else's business and expose it to ridicule. This phrase encapsulates the core action of the verb.
- Anh ta thích đem chuyện người khác ra bêu riếu. (He likes to take other people's business and expose it to ridicule.)
verb
- To expose to shame, to expose to ridicule, to pillory
- đem chuyện riêng của người ta bêu riếu khắp xóm làm gìwhat is the use exposing to ridicule people's private affairs all over the hamlet