Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cover up, to suppress, to hush up: The primary meaning of "bưng bít" is to deliberately conceal information, facts, or news, preventing it from being known or revealed to others. It implies an intentional act of secrecy or obstruction.
   • To seal off, to block: In a more literal sense, it can mean to cover or block something completely, isolating it from the outside.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền cố gắng bưng bít mọi tin tức về thảm họa. (The government tried to suppress all news about the disaster.)
  • Họ bưng bít sự thật để bảo vệ danh tiếng của công ty. (They covered up the truth to protect the company's reputation.)
  • Căn phòng bị bưng bít kín, không một ánh sáng lọt vào. (The room was sealed off tightly, not a single ray of light could get in.)

Advanced Usage

• "bưng bít thông tin": to suppress information; to impose a news blackout.
  • Việc bưng bít thông tin đã gây ra nhiều đồn đoán trong công chúng. (The suppression of information caused much speculation among the public.)
• "bưng bít sự việc": to cover up an incident/event.
  • Không thể bưng bít sự việc này mãi được. (This incident cannot be covered up forever.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bưng (verb): to cover, to hold up (a tray). Often used in compound forms like "bưng bít".
• Bít (verb): to stop up, to block, to seal. Often used in compound forms like "bưng bít" or "bịt bùng".
• Che đậy (verb): to conceal, to cover up. A close synonym.
• Giấu giếm (verb): to hide, to conceal (often a fault or secret).

Synonyms

• Che giấu: to hide, to conceal.
• Giấu diếm: to hide, to keep secret.
• Bịt miệng: to silence someone (literally "to cover a mouth").
• Áp đặt sự im lặng: to impose silence.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, "bưng bít" itself functions as a phrasal unit. Related phrases are idiomatic expressions. - Bịt mắt bịt tai: to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear (to ignore or refuse to acknowledge something). - Anh ta cứ bịt mắt bịt tai trước những sai phạm rõ ràng. (He just turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to the obvious violations.)

Related Idioms

• Bưng tai bịt mắt: (similar to "bịt mắt bịt tai") to cover one's ears and eyes; to deliberately ignore reality.
  • Bạn không thể cứ bưng tai bịt mắt trước sự thật mãi được. (You can't just cover your ears and eyes to the truth forever.)
• Bít bùng: to be tightly closed or sealed; often used to describe a place with no air or light coming in.
  • Căn nhà hoang đứng bít bùng, im lìm. (The abandoned house stood tightly sealed, silent.)

verb

1. To cover up, to suppress, to hush up
   • mọi tin tức đều bị bưng bít
     all news was suppressed; there was a complete black-out of news