hớ
Definition
- Verb:
- To blunder; to make a slip of the tongue: To make a careless mistake, especially in speech, revealing something unintended or saying something incorrect.
- To get a bad deal; to be fleeced: To suffer a financial loss in a transaction by paying an unfairly high price or buying something of poor value.
Usage Examples
- Verb (speech blunder):
- Anh ấy hớ khi tiết lộ bí mật. (He blundered by revealing the secret.)
- Cô ấy định nói "cảm ơn" nhưng lại hớ thành "xin lỗi". (She meant to say "thank you" but slipped and said "sorry.")
- Verb (bad deal):
- Tôi mua hớ chiếc xe này vì nó hỏng liên tục. (I got a bad deal on this car because it keeps breaking down.)
- Khách du lịch thường bị hớ khi mua đồ ở chợ đó. (Tourists often get fleeced when buying things at that market.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "hớ" often carries a connotation of carelessness or naivety leading to the mistake or loss. It implies the error was avoidable.
Variants and Related Words
- Hớ hênh (adj): To be careless, indiscreet, or exposed (often physically or figuratively).
- Cửa sổ đóng hớ hênh. (The window was left carelessly ajar.)
- Nói hớ (v phrase): To make a verbal slip.
- Ông ấy nói hớ trong cuộc họp quan trọng. (He made a verbal slip during the important meeting.)
- Mua hớ (v phrase): To buy at an unfair/high price; to get a bad bargain.
- Mua hớ món hàng rồi mới biết nó giả. (I got a bad bargain on the item and only then realized it was fake.)
Synonyms
- To blunder / to slip up: For making a mistake, especially in speech.
- To be ripped off / to be fleeced: For getting a bad financial deal.
- To err: To make an error.
Related Idioms
- Hớ như gà mắc tóc: To be utterly flustered, confused, or to have made a serious blunder (lit. "to blunder like a chicken tangled in hair").
- Sau khi nói sai, anh ta đứng hớ như gà mắc tóc. (After saying the wrong thing, he stood there utterly flustered.)
verb
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to blunder
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mua há»›to buy at an unfair price
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