Definition

1. Noun:

   • Confidence, intimate feelings: Refers to one's private, innermost feelings, emotions, or sentiments that are often shared only in a context of trust.
   • Heart-to-heart talk: Can denote the act of sharing these private feelings or the conversation itself.

2. Adjective:

   • Intimate, confiding: Describes a relationship or interaction characterized by the sharing of private feelings, or a person who is a close confidant.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cô ấy thổ lộ tâm tình với bạn thân. (She confided her innermost feelings to her close friend.)
  • Họ trò chuyện tâm tình suốt đêm. (They had a heart-to-heart talk all night.)

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy là một người bạn tâm tình. (He is an intimate/confiding friend.)
  • Đó là một cuộc trò chuyện tâm tình. (That was an intimate conversation.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nhà thơ tâm tình": An intimist poet; a poet who focuses on expressing personal, intimate feelings.

  • Xuân Diệu được mệnh danh là nhà thơ tâm tình. (Xuân Diệu is renowned as an intimist poet.)

• "Vai tâm tình" (theater): The role of a confidant(e), a character to whom the protagonist reveals their private thoughts.

  • Trong vở kịch, cô ấy đóng vai tâm tình của nữ chính. (In the play, she plays the confidante to the female lead.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tâm sự (n/v): To share one's thoughts/feelings; a private conversation. Often used similarly to tâm tình but can be more general.

  • Họ ngồi tâm sự với nhau. (They sat and shared their thoughts with each other.)

• Thổ lộ tâm tình (phrase): To confide, to pour out one's heart.

  • Anh ấy thổ lộ tâm tình trong bức thư. (He poured out his heart in the letter.)

Synonyms

• Confidence: A secret or private matter told to someone in trust.
• Sentiments: Thoughts, opinions, or feelings, especially refined or tender ones.
• Intimate feelings: Personal and private emotions.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bạn tâm tình: A confidant; an intimate friend with whom one shares private feelings.

  • Tôi may mắn có một bạn tâm tình. (I am fortunate to have a confidant.)

• Chuyện tâm tình: A private, intimate conversation or matter of the heart.

  • Quán cà phê là nơi cho những chuyện tâm tình. (The cafe is a place for intimate conversations.)

noun

1. confidence, feelings