Definition

1. Verb:
   • To treat with special favor or exceptional consideration: To give someone preferential treatment, often better or more attentive than what is normally given to others, due to their status, relationship, or circumstance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Khách quý luôn được biệt đãi tại khách sạn này. (Distinguished guests are always treated with special favor at this hotel.)
  • Ông chủ biệt đãi nhân viên cũ của mình. (The boss treated his former employee with exceptional consideration.)
  • Họ biệt đãi tôi như một thành viên trong gia đình. (They treated me with special favor as if I were a family member.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a positive, deliberate, and exclusive act of kindness or privilege extended to a specific individual or group, setting them apart from the general treatment.

Variants and Related Words

• Ưu đãi (v): to give preferential treatment or benefits, often used in commercial or policy contexts (e.g., discounts, special offers).
  • Công ty ưu đãi khách hàng thân thiết. (The company offers preferential treatment to loyal customers.)

Synonyms

• To favor: To show preferential treatment.
• To give special treatment: To treat someone exceptionally well.
• To privilege: To grant a special right or advantage.

Related Idioms

• While "biệt đãi" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases about preferential treatment.
• Đối xử đặc biệt: (a phrase, not an idiom) meaning "to treat specially," which is a direct synonym in practice.
  • Anh ấy nhận được sự đối xử đặc biệt vì là con út. (He received special treatment because he is the youngest child.)

verb

1. To treat with favour, to treat with high consideration