Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very reliable, trusted, or intimate: Describes a person who is extremely close and trustworthy, to whom one can confide one's innermost thoughts and secrets. It implies a deep bond of loyalty and confidentiality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là người bạn tâm phúc của tôi. (He is my most trusted friend.)
  • Cô ấy cần một trợ lý tâm phúc. (She needs a very reliable assistant.)
  • Họ là những cộng sự tâm phúc. (They are trusted associates.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe relationships of great confidence, such as between a ruler and their most loyal advisor, or between very close friends.

Variants and Related Words

• Bạn tâm phúc (n): a bosom friend, a confidant.
  • Cô ấy là bạn tâm phúc duy nhất của tôi. (She is my only bosom friend.)

Synonyms

• Trusted: regarded as reliable or truthful.
• Confidential: intended to be kept secret.
• Intimate: very close and familiar.

Related Idioms

• While "tâm phúc" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, the concept is central to phrases describing deep trust.
  • Tin như tâm phúc: to trust someone implicitly, as one would a confidant.

adj

1. very reliable