Definition

1. Verb:
   • To blindfold: To cover someone's eyes with a cloth or other material to prevent them from seeing.
   • To fool, to deceive: To trick or cheat someone, often by hiding the truth or reality from them.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To blindfold):
  • Cảnh sát bịt mắt tên tội phạm. (The police blindfolded the criminal.)
  • Trong trò chơi, họ bịt mắt tôi lại. (In the game, they blindfolded me.)
• Verb (To fool, to deceive):
  • Không thể bịt mắt công chúng mãi được. (You cannot fool the public forever.)
  • Hắn ta cố bịt mắt mọi người bằng những lời hứa hão. (He tried to deceive everyone with empty promises.)

Advanced Usage

• "bịt mắt bịt tai": To turn a blind eye and a deaf ear; to deliberately ignore something.
  • Anh ta chọn bịt mắt bịt tai trước sự thật. (He chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the truth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bịt (verb): To cover, to block, to seal (e.g., - to cover one's ears, - to gag someone).
• Mắt (noun): Eye.
• Trò bịt mắt bắt dê (noun phrase): The game of blind-man's-buff.

Synonyms

• Che mắt (verb): To cover the eyes.
• Lừa dối, đánh lừa (verb): To deceive, to trick.

Related Phrases

• Bịt mắt lại (phrasal verb): To blindfold (someone).
  • Hãy bịt mắt lại trước khi vào phòng. (Please blindfold yourself before entering the room.)

Related Idioms

• Bịt mắt bắt chim: Literally "to blindfold and catch birds"; to act blindly or based on guesswork, often leading to failure.
  • Làm thế chẳng khác nào bịt mắt bắt chim. (Doing that is no different from acting blindly.)

1. Blindfold
2. Fool, cheat
   • Trò bịt mắt bắt dê
     Blind-man's-buff