phản
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Plank bed / Camp bed: A simple, hard bed traditionally made of wooden planks, often used in rural or military settings.
Verb:
- To betray / To be disloyal: To turn against or act treacherously towards someone to whom one owes loyalty, such as a friend, master, or cause.
- To give away / To expose (oneself): For an inherent characteristic or detail to unintentionally reveal the truth about someone or something.
Prefix:
- Counter- / Anti- / Re-: A bound morpheme placed before other words to form compounds meaning "opposite," "against," or "in reverse."
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông nội tôi vẫn quen ngủ trên một cái phản gỗ. (My grandfather is still used to sleeping on a wooden plank bed.)
- Verb (to betray):
- Kẻ phản bội đã bị trừng phạt. (The traitor was punished.)
- Lừa thầy phản bạn là hành vi đáng khinh. (To deceive one's teacher and betray one's friend is a despicable act.)
- Verb (to give away):
- Giọng nói lạ của hắn đã phản hắn. (His strange accent gave him away.)
- Prefix:
- Hành động đó là phản khoa học. (That action is anti-scientific.)
Advanced Usage
- "phản chủ": to betray one's master or benefactor.
- Con ngựa phản chủ. (The horse betrayed its master.)
- "phản dân hại nước": to betray the people and harm the country (a grave accusation of treason).
- Bị kết tội phản dân hại nước. (Was convicted of betraying the people and harming the nation.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phản bội (v): to betray, to commit treason. This is the most common verb form for "to betray."
- Hắn phản bội đồng đội của mình. (He betrayed his comrades.)
- Phản ứng (v/n): to react; a reaction.
- Cô ấy phản ứng rất nhanh. (She reacted very quickly.)
- Phản đối (v): to oppose, to object.
- Họ phản đối quyết định đó. (They opposed that decision.)
- Phản ánh (v): to reflect, to report (information).
- Bài báo phản ánh đúng sự thật. (The article accurately reflects the truth.)
Synonyms
- Betray: to be disloyal (verb).
- Treachery: betrayal of trust (noun concept).
- Plank: a long, flat piece of timber (related to the noun "bed").
- Counter-: opposing (as a prefix).
Related Idioms
- Làm phản: to commit an act of betrayal, to rebel.
- Tên tướng đã làm phản, mở cổng thành cho giặc. (The general rebelled, opening the city gate for the enemy.)
- Ngựa phản chủ: Literally "a horse that betrays its master"; used to describe a deeply disloyal subordinate.
noun
- plank bed, camp-bed
verb
- to betray, to be disloyal tọ
- lừa thầy phản bạnto deceive one's teacher and betray one's friend