tuyệt vô âm tín
Definition
- Adjective phrase:
- To be completely without news or information: Describes a state where there is a total absence of communication or updates from a person or about a situation over a significant period. It implies a complete loss of contact.
- To have lost all trace: Indicates that someone or something has disappeared without leaving any information about their whereabouts or status.
Usage Examples
- Adjective phrase:
- Anh ấy đi nước ngoài đã mười năm rồi và tuyệt vô âm tín. (He went abroad ten years ago and has been completely without a trace.)
- Sau trận bão, nhiều ngư dân vẫn tuyệt vô âm tín. (After the storm, many fishermen remain completely out of contact.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is often used in formal or literary contexts, such as in news reports, literature, or serious narratives, to emphasize a profound and worrying lack of communication.
Variants and Related Words
Bặt vô âm tín (adj. phrase): to be silent, to have no news. A slightly less intense synonym.
- Công ty đối tác bặt vô âm tín suốt tuần qua. (The partner company has been silent for the past week.)
Mất liên lạc (v. phrase): to lose contact. A more common, general phrase.
- Chúng tôi đã mất liên lạc với trung tâm chỉ huy. (We have lost contact with the command center.)
Synonyms
- Out of contact: Having no communication.
- Missing without a trace: Having disappeared with no information.
- Incommunicado: Not able to be contacted (often by choice).
Related Idioms
Biệt tích: to disappear, to vanish. Often used in legal or official contexts.
- Người đàn ông đó đã biệt tích từ tháng trước. (That man vanished last month.)
Mất hút: to disappear without a trace (more colloquial).
- Chiếc máy bay nhỏ đã mất hút trên radar. (The small plane disappeared from radar.)