Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Obscure, unclear, ambiguous: "tối nghĩa" describes something (typically language, text, or meaning) that is difficult to understand, not clearly expressed, or open to multiple interpretations. It implies a lack of clarity or precision.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lời giải thích của anh ấy quá tối nghĩa. (His explanation is too obscure.)
  • Tránh dùng những từ ngữ tối nghĩa trong văn bản pháp luật. (Avoid using ambiguous language in legal documents.)
  • Câu thơ này hơi tối nghĩa, cần được chú giải thêm. (This line of poetry is somewhat unclear and needs further annotation.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm cho tối nghĩa": to obscure, to make unclear.
  • Việc thêm nhiều thuật ngữ chuyên môn đã làm cho bài viết trở nên tối nghĩa. (The addition of many technical terms has made the article obscure.)
• Used to critique academic, literary, or official writing that fails to communicate ideas effectively due to vagueness or excessive complexity.

Variants and Related Words

• Mơ hồ (adj): vague, nebulous. (Focuses more on lack of definiteness than on difficulty of understanding.)
• Khó hiểu (adj): hard to understand, incomprehensible. (A more general term for anything difficult to grasp.)
• Rối rắm (adj): tangled, complicated. (Often refers to situations or narratives that are convoluted.)

Synonyms

• Không rõ ràng: not clear.
• Mập mờ: equivocal, ambiguous (often with a hint of deliberate evasion).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Nói văn hoa tối nghĩa: to speak in florid but obscure language.
  • Đừng nói văn hoa tối nghĩa, hãy trình bày ý kiến một cách đơn giản và trực tiếp. (Don't speak in florid, obscure language; present your opinion simply and directly.)

adj

1. obscure