giáo giở
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Fickle, untrustworthy, or treacherous: Describes a person's character or behavior as being deceitful, prone to breaking promises, or acting in a contradictory and unreliable manner. It implies a lack of steadfastness and a tendency to go back on one's word.
- Two-faced or double-dealing: Suggests duplicity, where a person's actions or intentions are changeable and dishonest.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn ta là kẻ giáo giở, không bao giờ giữ lời hứa. (He is a treacherous person who never keeps his promises.)
- Đừng tin vào thái độ giáo giở của nó. (Don't trust his fickle attitude.)
- Vụ làm ăn đó thất bại vì đối tác tỏ ra giáo giở. (That business deal failed because the partner proved to be untrustworthy.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "giáo giở" is often used in a moral or judgmental context to strongly condemn someone's lack of integrity. It carries a heavier connotation of betrayal than simple indecisiveness.
Variants and Related Words
- Tráo trở (adj): The more standard synonym for giáo giở, meaning perfidious, deceitful, or reneging.
- Lời nói tráo trở của nó khiến mọi người tức giận. (His deceitful words made everyone angry.)
Synonyms
- Treacherous: Guilty of or involving betrayal of trust.
- Perfidious: Deceitful and untrustworthy.
- Fickle: Changing frequently, especially regarding loyalties or affections.
- Two-faced: Insincere and deceitful.
Related Idioms
Lật lọng: To flip-flop, to be inconsistent and break agreements. This idiom is very close in meaning to giáo giở.
- Hắn chuyên lật lọng trong các thỏa thuận. (He specializes in flip-flopping on agreements.)
Ăn ở hai lòng: To be double-hearted, to be disloyal.
- Kẻ ăn ở hai lòng thì chẳng được ai tin. (A double-hearted person is trusted by no one.)
- (tiếng địa phương) như tráo trở