khó tin
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Difficult to believe, unbelievable: Describes something that is so surprising, unusual, or extraordinary that it is hard to accept as true or real.
- Incredible, astonishing: Expresses a sense of great wonder or amazement at something.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Câu chuyện của anh ấy thật khó tin. (His story is truly unbelievable.)
- Đó là một kết quả khó tin đối với đội bóng nhỏ. (That was an incredible result for the small team.)
- Tôi cảm thấy khó tin khi nghe tin đó. (I found it hard to believe when I heard that news.)
Advanced Usage
- "thật là khó tin": used for emphasis, meaning "it's truly unbelievable".
- Thật là khó tin khi cô ấy đã hoàn thành công việc một mình. (It's truly incredible that she finished the work alone.)
- "đến mức khó tin": meaning "to an unbelievable extent/degree".
- Cô ấy thông minh đến mức khó tin. (She is intelligent to an unbelievable degree.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khó (adj): difficult, hard. A component word meaning "difficult".
- Tin (v/n): to believe; news/faith. A component word meaning "to believe" or "news".
- Đáng tin (adj): credible, trustworthy. The opposite concept, meaning "believable".
- Hoang đường (adj): mythical, fantastical. Often used for things that are fantastical or legendary, sometimes overlapping with "unbelievable" in a more figurative sense.
Synonyms
- Không thể tin được: cannot be believed (a near-identical synonym).
- Lạ lùng: strange, odd (focuses more on strangeness than on disbelief).
- Kỳ diệu: miraculous, wonderful (focuses more on positive wonder).
Related Phrases
- Nghe khó tin: sounds unbelievable (often used when recounting information).
- Nghe khó tin nhưng đó là sự thật. (It sounds unbelievable, but it's the truth.)
- Chuyện khó tin: an unbelievable story/tale.
- Báo chí đăng đầy những chuyện khó tin. (The newspapers are full of unbelievable stories.)
Related Idioms
- Tin vịt: a false or fabricated news story (literally "duck news"). While not directly containing "khó tin", it describes information that is inherently unbelievable and false.
- Đừng đọc tin đó, nó chỉ là tin vịt thôi. (Don't read that news, it's just fake news.)
- Incredible