trúng kế
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To fall for a trick / to be tricked: To be deceived or outwitted by someone's cunning plan or scheme.
- To be caught in a trap: To become ensnared or victimized by a stratagem or plot laid by another.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Nó đã trúng kế của đối thủ. (He fell for the opponent's trick.)
- Chúng tôi không ngờ mình lại trúng kế. (We didn't expect to be caught in the trap.)
- Cả đội trúng kế dụ ra ngoài của đối phương. (The whole team was tricked by the opponent's ploy to draw them out.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a sense of being outsmarted, where the victim fails to see the deception due to the cleverness of the scheme.
- Nhà đầu tư trúng kế lừa đảo tinh vi. (The investor was caught in an elaborate fraud scheme.)
Variants and Related Words
Trúng mưu (verb phrase): To fall for a trick; very similar in meaning and often used interchangeably.
- Anh ta trúng mưu của họ. (He fell for their trick.)
Mắc kế (verb phrase): To be caught in a scheme; a synonymous phrase.
- Đừng để mắc kế chúng. (Don't let yourself be caught in their scheme.)
Synonyms
- To be duped: To be deceived.
- To be hoodwinked: To be tricked or deceived.
- To be ensnared: To be trapped or caught in a snare.
Related Idioms
Trúng kế ly gián: To fall for a divide-and-conquer stratagem.
- Hai nước láng giềng trúng kế ly gián của thế lực thứ ba. (The two neighboring countries fell for a third power's divide-and-conquer trick.)
Trúng kế nghi binh: To be fooled by a feint or diversionary tactic.
- Đội quân trúng kế nghi binh và bị tấn công bất ngờ ở sườn. (The army was fooled by the feint and was attacked unexpectedly on the flank.)