mất hút
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To vanish without a trace: To disappear completely, leaving no visible sign or clue as to one's whereabouts or destination.
- To be lost from sight: To go or move out of the field of vision, often into a crowd, distance, or obscurity, making it impossible to follow visually.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Chiếc xe tải rẽ vào con hẻm nhỏ và mất hút. (The truck turned into a narrow alley and vanished without a trace.)
- Cô ấy đi mất hút vào trong đám đông hỗn loạn. (She disappeared into the chaotic crowd.)
- Sau vụ scandal, ông ta đã mất hút khỏi giới truyền thông. (After the scandal, he vanished from the media.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe the complete and often sudden disappearance of people, objects, or even abstract things like sounds or signals.
- Tín hiệu vệ tinh đã mất hút. (The satellite signal was lost.)
- Hy vọng cuối cùng cũng mất hút. (The last hope vanished.)
Variants and Related Words
Biến mất (v): to disappear. A more general synonym.
- Chìa khóa của tôi biến mất rồi. (My keys have disappeared.)
Bặt vô âm tín (idiomatic phrase): to lose all contact, to not send any news.
- Anh ta đi nước ngoài và bặt vô âm tín. (He went abroad and we haven't heard from him since.)
Synonyms
- Disappear: To cease to be visible.
- Vanish: To disappear suddenly and completely.
- Be lost to sight: To no longer be able to be seen.
Related Idioms
Mất tích: to be missing (often used in more formal or serious contexts, like police reports).
- Cậu bé đó đã mất tích ba ngày. (That boy has been missing for three days.)
Mất tăm mất tích: to vanish completely (an emphatic, colloquial combination).
- Hắn mượn tiền rồi mất tăm mất tích. (He borrowed money and then vanished off the face of the earth.)