thất tín
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Definition
- Verb:
- To break one's promise / to fail to keep one's word: The core meaning of "thất tín" is to not do what one has promised to do, thereby violating a commitment or agreement.
- To be untrustworthy / to lose credibility: It describes the resulting state where trust is broken because of a failure to honor one's word.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng bao giờ thất tín với đối tác. (Never break your promise to a partner.)
- Anh ấy thất tín nên không ai muốn hợp tác nữa. (He failed to keep his word, so no one wants to cooperate with him anymore.)
- Một lần thất tín, vạn lần bất tin. (A single failure to keep your word leads to endless distrust. [Vietnamese proverb])
Advanced Usage
- "Kẻ thất tín": an untrustworthy person, a promise-breaker.
- Trong kinh doanh, bị coi là kẻ thất tín là dấu chấm hết. (In business, being labeled a promise-breaker is the end.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thất hứa (v): to break a promise. This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "thất tín."
- Anh ta đã thất hứa về thời hạn giao hàng. (He broke his promise about the delivery deadline.)
Synonyms
- Break a promise: to fail to keep a promise.
- Go back on one's word: to not do what one said one would do.
- Be unfaithful to an agreement: to violate the terms of an understanding.
Related Idioms and Proverbs
- "Một lần bất tín, vạn lần bất tin": This proverb emphasizes the severe and lasting consequence of breaking trust: "One breach of faith, ten thousand losses of trust."