Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spread false news or rumors: The primary meaning of "huyên truyền" is to disseminate information that is untrue, often with the intent to deceive or cause alarm.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Một số kẻ xấu đang cố huyên truyền thông tin sai lệch. (Some bad actors are trying to spread false information.)
  • Đừng huyên truyền những tin đồn vô căn cứ. (Do not spread baseless rumors.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a formal or literary tone and is commonly used in contexts discussing social order, propaganda, or malicious misinformation campaigns.

Variants and Related Words

• Truyền bá (v): to propagate, to disseminate (can be used for both positive and negative ideas).
• Loan tin (v): to circulate news.
• Phao tin (v): to put out/spread rumors (often malicious).

Synonyms

• To spread rumors: to circulate unverified, often damaging, information.
• To disseminate falsehoods: to spread things that are untrue.
• To propagate misinformation: to cause false information to be widely known.

Related Idioms

• Huyên truyền hoang đường: to spread absurd/outlandish falsehoods.
  • Bài báo đó chỉ nhằm huyên truyền hoang đường. (That article only aims to spread absurd falsehoods.)

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