hai lòng

Thân thiện

Con người ăn ở hai lòng.

Definition

Adjective: * Two-faced, duplicitous, double-dealing: Describes a person who is insincere, deceitful, or disloyal, often pretending to support or be faithful to one side while secretly supporting another. It implies a lack of integrity and trustworthiness. * Double-barrelled (gun): In a specific, less common context, it can refer to a double-barrelled firearm. However, the primary and most frequent usage pertains to character and behavior.

Usage Examples

• (He is a two-faced person, not to be trusted.)
• (Don't be duplicitous with friends; live with full loyalty and righteousness.)
• (Being double-dealing in one's conduct will make people avoid you.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lòng hai lòng": A poetic or emphatic form meaning "a duplicitous heart/mind."
  • Kẻ lòng hai lòng ắt sẽ bị lộ. (A person with a duplicitous heart will surely be exposed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phản bội (verb): To betray. (This is a stronger action resulting from being ).
• Giả dối (adjective): Hypocritical, false.
• Tráo trở (adjective): Treacherous, perfidious.
• Không trung thành (adjective phrase): Disloyal, unfaithful.

Synonyms

• Double-faced: Having two different faces or aspects, especially one that is false.
• Duplicitous: Deceitful in speech or conduct.
• Two-timing: Being unfaithful to a partner (common in romantic contexts).
• Deceitful: Guilty of or involving deceit; intended to mislead.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Ăn ở hai lòng: An idiomatic verb phrase meaning "to conduct oneself in a double-faced manner."
  • Hắn ăn ở hai lòng với cả hai phe. (He conducts himself in a double-faced manner towards both sides.)

Related Idioms

• Một mặt hai lòng: Literally "one face, two hearts," similar to "two-faced," emphasizing hidden disloyalty behind a single appearance.
• Bên trọng bên khinh: To treat one side with importance and the other with contempt, showing partiality and lack of fair loyalty, which can be a form of .

Học thuật

adj

1. double-barrelled (gun) double-face
   • ăn ở hai lòng
     to be double-faced in one's behaviour