bất tín

Anh ta là một người bất tín, đừng nên hợp tác.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Untrustworthy, faithless: Describes a person or entity that cannot be trusted, who does not keep promises or is unreliable.
   • Lacking credibility: Refers to something (like information or a source) that is not credible or dependable.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta là một người bất tín, đừng nên hợp tác. (He is an untrustworthy person; you shouldn't collaborate with him.)
  • Lời hứa đó hoàn toàn bất tín, đừng tin. (That promise is completely unreliable; don't believe it.)
  • Nguồn tin bất tín có thể gây hiểu lầm. (An untrustworthy news source can cause misunderstandings.)

Advanced Usage

• "bất tín nhiệm": This is a compound term meaning "distrust" or "lack of trust," often used in more formal or political contexts to describe a vote of no confidence or a state of distrust.
  • Hội đồng đã thông qua nghị quyết bất tín nhiệm. (The council passed a vote of no confidence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mất uy tín / Thiếu tín nhiệm (phrases): To lose credibility / to lack trust. These describe the state or result of being .
  • Công ty đó đã mất uy tín sau vụ bê bối. (That company lost credibility after the scandal.)
• Vô tín (literary/synonym): Faithless, perfidious. A less common, more literary synonym.

Synonyms

• Không đáng tin: Not trustworthy.
• Giả dối: Deceitful, false.
• Phản bội: Treacherous, betraying (stronger, implies active betrayal).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Bất tín bất nghĩa": A four-character idiom meaning "faithless and unrighteous," used to condemn someone as utterly lacking in both trustworthiness and moral principle.
  • Kẻ bất tín bất nghĩa ấy không xứng đáng được tha thứ. (That faithless and unrighteous person does not deserve forgiveness.)
• "Lời hứa bất tín": An untrustworthy promise; a promise that is not kept.