Definition

1. 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

1. To expose to shame, to expose to ridicule, to pillory
   • đem chuyện riêng của người ta bêu riếu khắp xóm làm gì
     what is the use exposing to ridicule people's private affairs all over the hamlet