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cẩn mật

Người lính canh gác cẩn mật tại cổng doanh trại.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • With strict security precautions: Describes an action, arrangement, or measure carried out with great care, thoroughness, and secrecy to ensure safety and prevent leaks or breaches.
    • Meticulous and rigorous: Characterized by extreme attentiveness to detail and strict adherence to procedures, often to maintain confidentiality or security.

  2. Adverb:

    • In a strictly guarded/secret manner: Modifies a verb to indicate that an action is performed with a high degree of caution and secrecy.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Khu vực quân sự được canh phòng cẩn mật. (The military area is guarded with strict security precautions.)
    • Đây là một kế hoạch cẩn mật, không được tiết lộ. (This is a secretive plan, it must not be revealed.)

  • Adverb:

    • Mọi thông tin đều được bảo quản cẩn mật. (All information is stored in a strictly guarded manner.)
    • Họ họp cẩn mật trong phòng kín. (They met secretly in a locked room.)
Advanced Usage
  • Often used in formal, official, or military contexts to describe protocols, surveillance, guarding, or the handling of sensitive information.
  • Implies a level of seriousness and importance beyond simple carefulness, involving systematic measures against threats.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bí mật (adj/adv): Secret, confidential. Focuses more on the hidden nature rather than the meticulous protective measures.
  • Nghiêm mật (adj): Strict and secret. A close synonym, often used interchangeably in formal contexts.
  • Cẩn thận (adj): Careful, cautious. A more general term without the inherent connotation of secrecy or high-level security.
Synonyms
  • Secretive: Done with the intention of keeping something hidden.
  • Highly guarded: Protected with intense security measures.
  • Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
Related Idioms
  • Giữ kín như bưng: To keep something tightly sealed (like a covered basket). This idiom emphasizes absolute secrecy and is a more colloquial expression for a concept similar to acting .
    • Họ giữ tin đó kín như bưng. (They kept that news completely under wraps.)
cẩn mật

Người lính canh gác cẩn mật tại cổng doanh trại.

adj
  1. With strict security precautions
    • canh phòng cẩn mật
      to guard with strict security precautions