Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To understand someone's feelings, to know someone's heart/mind: "biết bụng" means to comprehend or be aware of another person's true feelings, intentions, or inner thoughts. It implies a deeper, empathetic understanding beyond surface knowledge.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Miễn là anh biết bụng tôi đối với anh. (As long as you understand my true feelings towards you.)
  • Tôi biết bụng cô ấy không muốn làm vậy. (I know in my heart that she doesn't want to do that.)
  • Chỉ cần bạn biết bụng tôi là được. (It's enough that you know my true intentions.)

Advanced Usage

• "Để cho ai biết bụng mình": to let someone know one's true feelings.
  • Anh ta không bao giờ để cho người khác biết bụng mình. (He never lets others know his true feelings.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hiểu lòng (verb phrase): to understand someone's heart/feelings. This is a close synonym.
  • Tôi hiểu lòng bạn. (I understand how you feel.)
• Biết ý (verb phrase): to know someone's intention or idea.
  • Nó biết ý nên im lặng. (He understood the hint and kept quiet.)
• Thấu hiểu (verb): to comprehend deeply, to have deep understanding.
  • Cha mẹ cần thấu hiểu con cái. (Parents need to deeply understand their children.)

Synonyms

• Hiểu được cảm xúc (của ai): to understand (someone's) emotions.
• Nắm được tâm ý: to grasp someone's mind and intentions.

Related Idioms

• "Biết bụng ta, ta biết bụng người": (Idiom) Literally "Know my own heart, I know others' hearts." It means to understand others because one understands oneself, or that mutual understanding exists.
  • Sống với nhau lâu nên biết bụng ta, ta biết bụng người. (Having lived together for a long time, we understand each other's hearts.)

1. Understand somebody's feelings