tăm hơi
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Definition
Noun: - News or traces (about someone): Refers to information, signs, or indications that reveal the presence, whereabouts, or current status of a person or thing that is being sought or awaited. It is most commonly used in negative contexts to indicate a complete absence of such news or traces.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Đã lâu rồi tôi không thấy tăm hơi của anh ấy. (I haven't seen any trace of him for a long time.)
- Hẹn nhau từ sáng, chờ mãi chẳng thấy tăm hơi đâu. (We had an appointment since morning, but I waited forever without seeing any sign of them.)
- Cậu ấy biến mất bặt tăm hơi. (He disappeared without a trace.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is almost always used with a negative connotation or within a negative structure (e.g., , , ).
- It implies a search or an expectation for contact or appearance that remains unfulfilled.
Variants and Related Words
- Bặt tăm hơi (idiomatic phrase): to vanish without a trace, to disappear completely.
- Sau trận lũ, nhiều ngôi làng bị bặt tăm hơi. (After the flood, many villages vanished without a trace.)
Synonyms
- Trace: a sign that someone or something has been present.
- News: new information about a specific person or situation.
- Sign: an indication of something.
Related Idioms
Chẳng thấy tăm hơi: to not see hide nor hair (of someone); to have no news or sign at all.
- Gọi điện cả tuần nay nhưng chẳng thấy tăm hơi gì. (I've been calling for a week but haven't heard a peep.)
Bặt tăm bặt hơi: a more emphatic variant meaning to disappear completely, leaving no clue behind.
- Đứa bé lạc trong chợ, bặt tăm bặt hơi. (The child got lost in the market and disappeared without a trace.)
noun
- news (about someone)