Definition

1. Adjective (Informal):
   • To be completely in the dark, to be utterly ignorant: Used to describe a state of having no knowledge, information, or understanding about a specific subject or situation. It implies a total lack of awareness or comprehension.
   • To be completely blind (figurative): In a figurative sense, it can describe being unable to "see" or perceive something, not due to physical sight, but due to a lack of information or insight.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tôi mù tịt về chính trị. (I am completely in the dark about politics.)
  • Anh ấy mù tịt trước những thay đổi công nghệ mới. (He is utterly ignorant of the new technological changes.)
  • Về vụ án đó, cảnh sát vẫn còn mù tịt. (Regarding that case, the police are still completely in the dark.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in a self-deprecating or humorous way to admit one's own lack of knowledge.
  • Môn lập trình này, tôi mù tịt luôn! (This programming subject, I'm totally clueless!)

Variants and Related Words

• Mù (adj): Literally "blind". Can be used figuratively to mean ignorant or unaware, but is less intense than "mù tịt".
  • Mù thông tin (adj): To be uninformed.

Synonyms

• Clueless: Having no knowledge, understanding, or ability.
• Ignorant: Lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
• In the dark: Uninformed about something.

Related Idioms

• Mù chữ: Literally "blind to letters"; means illiterate.
• Điếc đặc, mù tịt: A rhyming phrase meaning "completely deaf and utterly blind/ignorant"; used to emphasize a total lack of perception or understanding in a situation.

1. [Be] Completely unaware, [be] utterly ignorant