Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unfounded, baseless, groundless: Used to describe statements, ideas, rumors, or worries that have no basis in fact, evidence, or reality. They are often considered trivial, pointless, or products of the imagination.
   • Trivial, insignificant, pointless: Refers to matters or concerns that are of little importance or value, not worth serious attention.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đừng lo lắng về những chuyện không đâu. (Don't worry about baseless matters.)
  • Những tin đồn đó hoàn toàn không đâu. (Those rumors are completely unfounded.)
  • Anh ấy hay thắc mắc những điều không đâu. (He often questions trivial/pointless things.)

Advanced Usage

• "chuyện không đâu": A common phrase meaning "a baseless matter," "a trivial issue," or "a figment of the imagination."
  • Đó chỉ là chuyện không đâu, đừng bận tâm. (That's just a trivial matter, don't bother with it.)
• "lo không đâu": To worry about something unfounded or unnecessary.
  • Cô ấy cứ lo không đâu về tương lai. (She keeps worrying needlessly about the future.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vô căn cứ (adj): Baseless, groundless (more formal synonym).
  • Lời buộc tội vô căn cứ. (A baseless accusation.)
• Viển vông (adj): Fanciful, unrealistic, illusory (emphasizes being detached from reality).
  • Những ước mơ viển vông. (Fanciful dreams.)
• Tầm phào (adj, colloquial): Trivial, frivolous, of no consequence.
  • Chuyện tầm phào. (A frivolous matter.)

Synonyms

• Vô lý: Illogical, unreasonable.
• Hão huyền: Illusory, pipe dream.
• Không đáng kể: Insignificant, not worth mentioning.

Related Idioms

• "Chuyện bé xé ra to": To make a mountain out of a molehill (related in concept to worrying about matters).
  • Đừng chuyện bé xé ra to. (Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.)

1. Unfounded, not based on facts
   • Những chuyện không đâu
     Stories not based on facts, figments of the imagination
   • Tin đồn không đâu
     Unfounded rumours