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phỉnh

Một người bán hàng phỉnh khách mua chiếc đồng hồ giả.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To blandish; to coax; to sweet-talk: To use flattering or pleasing words to deceive someone, to persuade someone to do something or to believe something false.
    • To lure; to entice: To attract or tempt someone by making false promises or using deception.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Đừng để họ phỉnh bạn bằng những lời đường mật. (Don't let them coax you with sweet talk.)
    • Hắn ta phỉnh nộp tiền rồi bỏ trốn. (He lured [them] into handing over money and then ran away.)
    • ấy không dễ bị phỉnh. (She is not easily deceived by flattery.)
Advanced Usage
  • "phỉnh phờ": A variant often used for emphasis, meaning to coax or deceive with persistent sweet talk.
    • Tôi đã bị hắn phỉnh phờ mất một khoản tiền lớn. (I was swindled/conned out of a large sum of money by him.)
  • "phỉnh gạt": To cheat or swindle through coaxing and deception.
    • Bọn lừa đảo chuyên dùng chiêu phỉnh gạt người già. (Scammers often use tricks to swindle the elderly.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Dỗ (v): To coax, to cajole (can be neutral or positive, like coaxing a child, and less negative than ).
  • Nịnh (v): To flatter, to adulate (focuses on the act of flattery itself, which is a key component of ).
  • Lừa phỉnh (v): To deceive through coaxing and trickery.
  • Lừa dối (v): To deceive, to cheat (a more general term for deception).
Synonyms
  • Lừa gạt: To cheat, to swindle.
  • Dụ dỗ: To entice, to seduce (into doing something).
  • Tán tỉnh: To flirt, to court (can involve sweet talk but with romantic intent).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
  • Phỉnh nịnh: To flatter and coax (combining and for emphasis).
    • Hắn chỉ giỏi nghề phỉnh nịnh. (He's only good at the art of flattery and deception.)
  • Bị phỉnh: To be coaxed/deceived.
    • Cậu ấy non nớt nên dễ bị phỉnh. (He is naive so he is easily deceived.)
Related Idioms
  • Phỉnh lừa thế gian: To deceive the world (a literary expression for large-scale deception).
    • Trò phỉnh lừa thế gian của tên trùm lừa đảo cuối cùng cũng bị bại lộ. (The scam kingpin's grand deception of the world was finally exposed.)
  • Mồi phỉnh: Bait used for coaxing/deceiving.
    • Những lời hứa viển vông đó chỉ mồi phỉnh. (Those empty promises are just deceptive bait.)
phỉnh

Một người bán hàng phỉnh khách mua chiếc đồng hồ giả.

  1. Blandish; coax
    • Phỉnh ai làm việc
      To coax someone into doing something