che lấp
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Definition
- Verb:
- To cover, to conceal, to obscure: To place something over or in front of an object, making it less visible or hidden from view. Often implies hiding something partially or making it difficult to perceive.
- To mask, to hide (an emotion, a truth): To use an action, expression, or behavior to conceal a true feeling, fact, or flaw.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đường mòn bị cỏ che lấp. (The trail was covered/concealed by grass.)
- Cô ấy cười để che lấp sự ngượng nghịu. (She smiled to cover/mask her embarrassment.)
- Mây đen che lấp mặt trời. (Dark clouds obscured the sun.)
- Anh ta dùng lời nói ngọt ngào để che lấp ý đồ xấu. (He used sweet words to conceal his malicious intentions.)
Advanced Usage
- "Che lấp đi": Often used to emphasize the act of covering or hiding something completely or intentionally.
- Họ cố gắng che lấp đi sự thật. (They tried to cover up the truth.)
- Used in formal or literary contexts to describe natural phenomena or abstract concepts.
- Bóng tối che lấp mọi thứ. (Darkness enveloped/concealed everything.)
Variants and Related Words
- Che (verb): To cover, to shield. A simpler, more general term.
- Che mưa (to shelter from the rain)
- Che đậy (verb): To cover up, to conceal (often with a negative connotation of hiding something bad).
- Che đậy khuyết điểm (to cover up flaws)
- Che giấu (verb): To hide, to conceal (often used for secrets, emotions, or objects).
- Che giấu cảm xúc (to hide one's emotions)
- Lấp (verb): To fill in, to bury. Can be used separately.
- Lấp hố (to fill in a hole)
Synonyms
- Giấu: To hide, to keep secret.
- Ẩn giấu: To conceal, to hide away (more literary).
- Bưng bít: To cover up, to suppress (information, often negatively).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Che lấp khuyết điểm: To cover up flaws/defects.
- Che lấp sự thật: To conceal the truth.
- Che lấp nỗi buồn: To mask sadness.
- Bị che lấp: To be covered/obscured (passive voice).
Notes on Meaning
- The word often carries a nuance of something being obscured from sight or knowledge, not necessarily completely hidden but made difficult to see or understand.
- It can be used for both physical covering (grass covering a path) and abstract covering (a smile covering embarrassment).
- Unlike che đậy or bưng bít, che lấp is less inherently negative and can be used in neutral descriptive contexts (e.g., fog covering a mountain).
- To cover
- đường mòn bị cỏ che lấpthe track was covered by grass
- cười để che lấp sự ngượng nghịuto cover one's embarrassment with a smile