giẹp mình

giẹp mình

Một con cá thờn bơn giẹp mình nằm dưới đáy biển.

Definitions

  1. Adjective (tính từ):

    • Having a flat body: Describes a creature, especially a fish, whose body is notably flat and thin.
    • Self-effacing, self-abasing: Describes the act of consciously lowering oneself, humbling oneself, or forcing oneself to yield to others or to a greater cause.

  2. Verb (động từ):

    • To humble oneself, to abase oneself: To voluntarily lower one's own status, pride, or interests; to force oneself to yield or submit to others or to a collective interest.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Cá bơn là loài cá giẹp mình. (The flounder is a flat-bodied fish.)
    • Trong công việc, anh ấy luôn giẹp mình và khiêm tốn. (At work, he is always self-effacing and modest.)

  • Verb:

    • Vì lợi ích chung, anh ta đã giẹp mình nhường lại suất đi học cho người khác. (For the common good, he humbled himself and gave his study opportunity to someone else.)
    • Trước tập thể, cô ấy biết giẹp mình để lắng nghe ý kiến mọi người. (Before the collective, she knows how to abase herself to listen to everyone's opinions.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Giẹp mình" as a moral virtue: Often used in a positive, commendable sense to describe a noble act of self-sacrifice or putting the group's interest above one's own. It carries a connotation of humility and collectivism.
    • Tinh thần giẹp mình vì tập thể là rất đáng quý. (The spirit of self-abnegation for the collective is precious.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Giẹp (adj): Flat, flattened. (e.g., - a flat leaf).
  • Khiêm nhường (adj): Humble, modest. (A close synonym for the figurative meaning).
  • Nhún nhường (v): To yield, to give way. (Describes a similar action but less focused on the internal, self-imposed aspect).
Synonyms
  • Tự hạ mình (v): To lower oneself.
  • Khiêm tốn (adj): Humble, modest (for the adjectival sense).
  • Tự nguyện lùi bước (v): To voluntarily step back.
Related Idioms
  • "Giẹp mình trước lợi ích chung": To humble oneself before the common interest. This is a common collocation emphasizing the collective aspect.
    • Mọi thành viên đều phải biết giẹp mình trước lợi ích chung. (All members must know how to subordinate their own interests to the common good.)