bặt tăm
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To vanish without a trace; to disappear completely: The primary meaning describes a person or thing disappearing so thoroughly that no information, contact, or sign of them remains. It implies a sudden and total absence.
- To be incommunicado; to be out of contact without sending any news: Specifically refers to a person who has stopped all communication, leaving others with no updates about their whereabouts or well-being.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Sau trận bão, chiếc thuyền đánh cá bặt tăm. (After the storm, the fishing boat vanished without a trace.)
- Con trai tôi đi du học rồi bặt tăm mấy tháng nay. (My son went abroad to study and has been out of contact for several months.)
- Anh ấy hứa sẽ gọi lại nhưng sau đó bặt tăm luôn. (He promised to call back but then disappeared completely.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a connotation of worry, mystery, or abandonment, as the disappearance breaks an expected line of communication.
- It can be used figuratively for non-physical things, like hopes or sounds, to emphasize their complete cessation.
- Mọi hy vọng đột nhiên bặt tăm. (All hope suddenly vanished.)
Variants and Related Words
- Biệt tâm (verb phrase): A direct synonym, also meaning to disappear without a trace.
- Bặt vô âm tín (idiomatic phrase): A more formal/literary variant meaning "to cease all news and letters," emphasizing the lack of communication.
Synonyms
- To disappear completely
- To vanish without a trace
- To drop off the radar (idiomatic)
- To be incommunicado
Related Idioms
- Bặt vô âm tín: To be completely silent, without any news or letters.
- Nó đi nước ngoài đã lâu và bặt vô âm tín. (He went abroad a long time ago and we have heard absolutely nothing from him.)
- Biệt tích: (Often used in legal/formal contexts) To be missing, to have an unknown whereabouts.
- Cảnh sát đang tìm kiếm người đàn ông biệt tích. (The police are searching for the missing man.)
- Without sending back any news