Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To resign oneself to, to accept (often reluctantly): To consciously accept an unfavorable situation, outcome, or status, typically with a sense of submission or lack of alternative.
   • To make up one's mind to (something negative): To firmly decide to accept an unpleasant reality or consequence.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Kẻ thù chưa cam tâm chịu thất bại. (The enemy has not yet resigned themselves to defeat.)
  • Cô ấy cam tâm làm việc vất vả để nuôi con. (She resigned herself to doing hard work to raise her children.)
  • Anh ta đã cam tâm nhận tội. (He made up his mind to plead guilty.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cam tâm tình nguyện": To willingly and wholeheartedly accept, often used to emphasize voluntary acceptance without regret.

  • Tôi cam tâm tình nguyện làm tất cả vì gia đình. (I willingly and wholeheartedly do everything for my family.)

• "Cam tâm chịu thiệt": To accept a loss or disadvantage.

  • Để giữ hòa khí, anh ấy cam tâm chịu thiệt. (To maintain harmony, he accepted the disadvantage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cam chịu (verb): To endure, to bear, to submit to (often implies passive suffering).

  • Cô ấy cam chịu số phận. (She endures her fate.)

• Bằng lòng (verb/adjective): To agree, to be content/satisfied (generally neutral or positive, unlike the often negative connotation of "cam tâm").

  • Tôi bằng lòng với kết quả này. (I am content with this result.)

Synonyms

• Chấp nhận: To accept (a more general, neutral term).
• Từ bỏ: To give up, to abandon (focuses on the act of relinquishing).

Related Phrases

• Cam tâm nhận lấy: To accept and take upon oneself (a responsibility or consequence).
  • Anh ấy cam tâm nhận lấy mọi hậu quả. (He accepted and took upon himself all the consequences.)

Related Idioms

• "Cam tâm chịu trói": Literally "to resign oneself to being tied up"; figuratively means to submit completely without resistance.
  • Trước sức ép, họ đành cam tâm chịu trói. (Under pressure, they had no choice but to submit completely.)

1. To resign oneself to, to make up one's mind to
   • kẻ thù chưa cam tâm chịu thất bại
     the enemy have not made up their mind to their defeat