dìm
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Definition
- Verb:
- To suppress; to hush up: To deliberately prevent something, typically negative information or an event, from becoming known or public.
- To press down; to submerge: To push or hold something, especially below the surface of a liquid.
- To lower (by trick or force); to depress: To reduce the level, value, or status of something, often through unfair or deceptive means.
- To hold back; to stifle: To prevent someone's talents, abilities, or progress from developing or being recognized.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Họ cố gắng dìm vụ bê bối. (They tried to hush up the scandal.)
- Nó dìm quả bóng xuống đáy bể bơi. (He pressed the ball down to the bottom of the swimming pool.)
- Công ty đối thủ dìm giá sản phẩm của chúng tôi. (The rival company lowered the price of our product [by trickery].)
- Người quản lý ghen tỵ đã dìm tài năng của cô ấy. (The jealous manager stifled her talent.)
Advanced Usage
- "dìm hàng": To badmouth or disparage a product or person to lower their value or reputation.
- Đừng nghe lời họ, họ chỉ đang cố dìm hàng đối thủ. (Don't listen to them; they are just trying to badmouth the competitor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhấn chìm (v): To sink, to engulf (often figuratively).
- Cơn sóng lớn nhấn chìm con thuyền. (The big wave sank the boat.)
- Cô ấy bị nhấn chìm trong nỗi buồn. (She was engulfed in sorrow.)
Synonyms
- Suppress: To put an end to the activity of.
- Submerge: To push or place under water.
- Belittle: To dismiss as unimportant.
- Stifle: To restrain or suppress.
Related Idioms
Dìm trong bóng tối: To keep in the dark; to deprive of knowledge or enlightenment.
- Nhân dân bị dìm trong bóng tối dưới chế độ cũ. (The people were kept in the dark under the old regime.)
Dìm trong máu: To drown in blood (a metaphor for violent suppression).
- Cuộc nổi dậy bị dìm trong máu. (The uprising was drowned in blood.)
verb
- to hush up; to suppress
- dìm một việc xấuTo hush up a scandal to lower by trick; to press down
- dìm giáTo lower prices by tricks