giãi
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Definition
- Verb (literary, archaic):
- To open (one's heart): To reveal one's innermost thoughts, feelings, or secrets.
- To make known (one's feelings): To express or disclose emotions that were previously concealed.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ông ấy muốn giãi bày tâm sự. (He wanted to open his heart and share his feelings.)
- Nàng giãi lòng mình trong bức thư. (She made her feelings known in the letter.)
Advanced Usage
- "giãi bày": to confide, to pour out (one's heart). This is the most common modern compound derived from the archaic root "giãi".
- Cô ấy tìm bạn thân để giãi bày nỗi lo. (She found a close friend to confide her worries in.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giãi tỏ (v, literary): to express, to reveal (feelings, thoughts).
- Anh ấy không biết giãi tỏ tình cảm. (He doesn't know how to express his affections.)
Synonyms
- Disclose: to make known.
- Confide: to trust someone with personal information.
- Reveal: to show something previously hidden.
- Unburden: to relieve oneself of a distressing thought or feeling.
Related Idioms
- Giãi bày tâm can: to pour out one's heart and soul.
- Sau nhiều năm, cuối cùng anh ấy cũng giãi bày tâm can. (After many years, he finally poured out his heart and soul.)
- (văn chương, từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Open (one's heart); make known
- (one's feeling)
- Giải tấm lòngTo open one's heart, to disembosom oneself