Definition

1. Verb:
   • To expose / to reveal: To make a hidden truth, secret, or reality known to everyone, often something negative, shameful, or deceptive.
   • To strip bare / to lay bare: To remove all coverings or disguises, revealing the naked truth or the core of a matter.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bài báo đó lột trần sự thật về vụ bê bối. (That newspaper article exposed the truth about the scandal.)
  • Anh ấy lột trần âm mưu của đối thủ. (He laid bare the conspiracy of his rival.)
  • Bộ phim lột trần hiện thực khắc nghiệt của xã hội. (The film strips bare the harsh reality of society.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in journalistic, literary, or political contexts to describe the act of revealing corruption, hypocrisy, or hidden agendas.
• It carries a strong connotation of forcefully removing layers of deception to show an unflattering or shocking truth.

Variants and Related Words

• Phơi bày (v): to expose, to lay open. Often used interchangeably with "lột trần," though "phơi bày" can sometimes feel slightly less aggressive.

  • Sự kiện này đã phơi bày nhiều yếu kém trong hệ thống. (This event exposed many weaknesses in the system.)

• Vạch trần (v): to unmask, to expose. Very similar in meaning and strength to "lột trần."

  • Nhà điều tra đã vạch trần âm mưu. (The investigator unmasked the plot.)

Synonyms

• Expose: to make something visible or known.
• Reveal: to make previously unknown information known.
• Unmask: to reveal the true nature of someone or something.
• Lay bare: to expose or reveal something completely.

Related Idioms

• While "lột trần" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, its usage is figurative, comparing the act of revealing truth to the physical act of stripping someone or something naked.
  • Lột trần bộ mặt thật: to expose the true face (of someone or something).

    • Bài phóng sự lột trần bộ mặt thật của công ty. (The investigative report exposed the true face of the company.)