Definition

1. Verb phrase (passive voice):
   • To be tricked: To be deceived by someone's lies or dishonest actions, causing you to believe something that is not true.
   • To be swindled: To be cheated out of money or possessions through fraud or deceit.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Tôi cảm thấy mình bị lừa. (I feel like I was tricked.)
  • Cô ấy bị lừa mất một khoản tiền lớn. (She was swindled out of a large sum of money.)
  • Đừng tin hắn ta, bạn sẽ bị lừa đấy. (Don't trust him, you'll be tricked.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "bị lừa" uses the passive voice marker "bị" + the main verb "lừa" (to trick). This structure emphasizes that the subject is the unfortunate recipient of the action.
• It often carries a connotation of feeling foolish, betrayed, or victimized after the deception is discovered.

Variants and Related Words

• Lừa đảo (v): to commit fraud, to swindle (active voice).
  • Hắn ta bị bắt vì tội lừa đảo. (He was arrested for fraud.)
• Lừa dối (v): to deceive, to lie to someone (active voice).
  • Anh ấy lừa dối cảm xúc của cô ấy. (He deceived her emotions.)
• Bị gạt: a more colloquial synonym for "bị lừa."

Synonyms

• To be deceived: To be made to believe something false.
• To be conned: To be tricked, especially in a clever or elaborate way.
• To be duped: To be deceived or tricked.

Related Idioms

• Bị lừa như trẻ con: To be tricked easily, like a child.
  • Với thủ đoạn đó, anh ta bị lừa như trẻ con. (With that trick, he was fooled easily, like a child.)
• Tiền mất tật mang: An idiom describing a bad outcome where one is both swindled and left with a problem. It can be the result of being "bị lừa."
  • Mua thuốc giả online, giờ bị lừa tiền mất tật mang. (I bought fake medicine online, now I'm swindled and still sick.)

1. to be tricked; swindled