Definition

1. Verb:

   • To be involved in; to have a connection with: This is the primary meaning, indicating participation or association, often with an event, situation, or group, typically one that is negative, problematic, or undesirable.
   • To be implicated in: A stronger sense, suggesting being connected to something wrong or illegal.

2. Verb (extended usage):

   • To be entangled with; to be mixed up in: Emphasizes a complicated or unwanted involvement that is difficult to escape from.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi không muốn dính líu vào vụ bê bối chính trị đó. (I do not want to be involved in that political scandal.)
  • Cảnh sát nghi ngờ hắn dính líu đến một tổ chức tội phạm. (The police suspect he is connected to a criminal organization.)
  • Công ty này có dính líu gì đến vụ kiện kia không? (Is this company implicated in that lawsuit in any way?)

Advanced Usage

• "dính líu pháp lý": to have legal involvement/entanglement.

  • Bất kỳ sự dính líu pháp lý nào cũng có thể làm hỏng danh tiếng của anh. (Any legal entanglement could ruin your reputation.)

• "dính líu tình cảm": to be emotionally involved/entangled.

  • Cô ấy không muốn dính líu tình cảm với đồng nghiệp. (She does not want to become emotionally involved with a colleague.)

Variants and Related Words

• Liên quan (v): to relate to, to be related to. (A more neutral term for connection.)

  • Vấn đề này liên quan đến an ninh quốc gia. (This issue relates to national security.)

• Vướng víu (v): to be entangled, to be stuck. (Often implies a physical or metaphorical hindrance.)

  • Cánh quạt bị vướng víu bởi sợi dây. (The fan blade is entangled by the string.)

Synonyms

• Involved: taking part in an activity or situation.
• Connected: having a link or association.
• Implicated: shown to be involved in a crime or wrongdoing.
• Entangled: involved in a complicated or compromising situation.

Related Idioms

• Dính chàm: to be tainted or stained (often by association with something bad).

  • Cẩn thận kẻo dính chàm vào vụ này. (Be careful, or you'll get tainted by this affair.)

• Dính như sam: to stick like glue; to be inseparable (usually for positive, close attachment, but can imply unwanted clinging).

  • Đứa trẻ dính như sam với mẹ nó. (The child sticks to its mother like glue.)

1. Be involved in, have connection with (something unpleasant)
   • Không muốn dính líu vào cuộc cãi vã ấy
     Not to want to be involved in that quarrel
   • Một chi tiết có dính líu đến câu chuyện
     A detail with a connection with that story