trẩm

Một hạt giống trẩm trong đất vì thiếu nước.

Definition

1. Verb (archaic, literary):
   • To suppress; to quash; to keep silent: To deliberately cause something to disappear, be hidden, or not be disclosed, especially referring to documents, information, or funds.
   • To fail to sprout; to be blighted: For a seed or plant to not grow or emerge successfully.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua ra lệnh trẩm tờ tấu đó. (The king ordered that memorial to be suppressed.)
  • Hạt giống bị trẩm vì thiếu nước. (The seed was blighted due to lack of water.)

Advanced Usage

• "Trẩm thư": To suppress or censor a book or document.
  • Triều đình cũ thường trẩm thư chống đối. (The old court often suppressed dissenting books.)

Variants and Related Words

• Úa (v): To wither, to fade. (A more common modern word for a plant failing to thrive.)
• Bưng bít (v): To cover up, to conceal. (A more common modern synonym for suppressing information.)

Synonyms

• Suppress: To put an end to the activity or existence of something.
• Quash: To reject or void, especially by legal procedure.
• Blight: To spoil or destroy, especially relating to plants.

Notes on Usage

• The word "trẩm" is highly archaic and literary. It is rarely used in modern, everyday Vietnamese. Learners are much more likely to encounter its synonyms like bưng bít (to cover up) or dìm (to sink, to suppress) for the first meaning, and chết (to die), không nảy mầm (to not germinate), or úa (to wither) for the second meaning.
• Its usage is now primarily found in historical texts or formal, literary contexts.