Definition

1. Verb:
   • To conceal one's name and identity; to live in obscurity: "mai danh" means to intentionally hide one's true name and personal identity, often to avoid recognition or to live a secluded life.
   • To bury one's reputation; to be forgotten: It can also mean to cause one's name and achievements to be forgotten or lost to time.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau biến cố, ông ấy quyết định mai danh ẩn tích ở một vùng quê hẻo lánh. (After the incident, he decided to conceal his name and live in obscurity in a remote rural area.)
  • Nhiều nghệ sĩ tài năng thời đó giờ đã bị mai danh. (Many talented artists from that era have now been forgotten.)

Advanced Usage

• "mai danh ẩn tích": This is a common four-word idiom meaning to completely hide one's identity and traces, to live incognito.
  • Vị tướng già sau chiến tranh đã chọn cách mai danh ẩn tích. (The old general chose to live in complete obscurity after the war.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ẩn danh (verb): To be anonymous, to hide one's name (often temporarily or for a specific action like writing).
  • Tác giả của bài báo đó muốn được ẩn danh. (The author of that article wished to remain anonymous.)
• Lãng quên (verb): To forget, to fall into oblivion (focuses on the state of being forgotten rather than the active act of hiding).
  • Công lao của họ không nên bị lãng quên. (Their contributions should not be forgotten.)

Synonyms

• Sống ẩn dật: To live a reclusive/hermit life.
• Che giấu danh tính: To conceal one's identity.

Related Idioms

• "Mai danh ẩn tích": As mentioned above, this is the primary and most complete idiom, emphasizing both hiding one's name ("mai danh") and erasing one's traces ("ẩn tích").