tâng bốc
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Definition
- Verb:
- To flatter / to praise excessively: The primary meaning of "tâng bốc" is to praise someone in an exaggerated, insincere, or excessive manner, often to gain favor, please them, or manipulate their opinion.
- To extol / to laud to the skies: This conveys the idea of lifting someone's praise to an extreme, unrealistic height, implying the praise is overblown and not entirely genuine.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ta không ngừng tâng bốc sếp để được thăng chức. (He constantly flatters the boss to get a promotion.)
- Bài báo đó tâng bốc ngôi sao điện ảnh lên tận mây xanh. (That article extols the movie star to the skies.)
- Đừng tâng bốc tôi quá như vậy; tôi biết khả năng của mình mà. (Don't flatter me so much; I know my own capabilities.)
Advanced Usage
- "nịnh hót và tâng bốc": to flatter and fawn (upon). This phrase combines "tâng bốc" with "nịnh hót" (to flatter/sweet-talk), emphasizing insincere, servile praise.
- Hắn ta giỏi nghệ thuật nịnh hót và tâng bốc cấp trên. (He is skilled in the art of flattering and fawning upon his superiors.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tâng lên (v): to lift up (in praise), a simpler form implying excessive praise.
- Cô ấy bị tâng lên vì thành công ban đầu. (She was lifted up [excessively praised] for her initial success.)
Synonyms
- Flatter: to praise excessively and often insincerely.
- Adulate: to flatter or admire excessively or slavishly.
- Extol: to praise highly, though this can be genuine; with "tâng bốc," it implies an excessive degree.
- Lavish praise on: to give a great amount of praise, often excessively.
Related Idioms
- Tâng bốc lên tận mây xanh: to praise to the high heavens / to extol to the skies. This idiom perfectly captures the exaggerated nature of "tâng bốc."
- Sau chiến thắng, các phương tiện truyền thông tâng bốc anh ấy lên tận mây xanh. (After the victory, the media praised him to the high heavens.)
verb
- to appraise, to extol to the skies