lật tẩy
Definition
- Verb:
- To unmask: To reveal someone's true, often deceitful, nature or hidden malicious intentions that were previously concealed.
- To expose: To lay bare a fraud, scam, or dishonest scheme, making it publicly known.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Âm mưu của hắn đã bị lật tẩy. (His plot was unmasked.)
- Nhà báo đó lật tẩy một vụ bê bối lớn. (That journalist exposed a major scandal.)
- Trò lừa đảo tinh vi cuối cùng cũng bị lật tẩy. (The sophisticated scam was finally exposed.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a connotation of revealing something shameful, dishonest, or scandalous that was deliberately hidden. It is commonly used in contexts involving crime, corruption, politics, or personal betrayal.
Variants and Related Words
- Phơi bày (v): To lay bare, to reveal (often negative truths or realities).
- Báo cáo phơi bày sự thật phũ phàng. (The report laid bare the harsh truth.)
- Vạch trần (v): To denounce, to reveal and condemn a falsehood or crime.
- Anh ấy vạch trần âm mưu của đối thủ. (He denounced his rival's scheme.)
Synonyms
- Uncover: To discover something hidden.
- Reveal: To make previously unknown information known.
- Expose: To make something visible, typically a wrongdoing.
Related Idioms
- Lật mặt nạ: Literally "to flip the mask"; a near-identical idiom meaning to unmask someone's true face.
- Công chúng đã lật mặt nạ của tên tội phạm. (The public unmasked the criminal's true face.)
verb
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to unmask
