dê diếu
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Definition
- Verb (rarely used):
- To expose to shame: To publicly reveal someone's faults or wrongdoings, causing them to feel deep humiliation and disgrace.
- To bring shame upon: To act in a way that causes dishonor or disrepute to befall someone.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hành động của hắn đã bị dê diếu trước toàn dân. (His actions were exposed to shame before the entire populace.)
- Không nên dê diếu người khác vì lỗi lầm của họ. (One should not bring shame upon others for their mistakes.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is considered literary and is rarely used in modern, everyday conversation. It carries a strong, formal connotation of public shaming.
Variants and Related Words
- Làm nhục (v): to humiliate, to disgrace.
- Họ cố tình làm nhục đối thủ. (They deliberately humiliated their opponent.)
- Bêu riếu (v): to defame, to speak ill of someone publicly.
- Tin đồn ác ý nhằm bêu riếu danh dự của ông ấy. (The malicious rumor aimed to defame his honor.)
Synonyms
- Shame: to cause someone to feel ashamed.
- Disgrace: to bring dishonor or shame upon.
- Humiliate: to make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.
Related Idioms
- Vạch áo cho người xem lưng: (lit. to open someone's shirt to show their back to the crowd); to publicly expose someone's private matters or secrets.
- Anh ta vạch áo cho người xem lưng, dê diếu bạn mình. (He aired dirty laundry, exposing his friend to shame.)
- (ít dùng) Expose to shame