tăm tích
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Definition
Noun: - Trace, sign, or vestige: Refers to any piece of information, clue, or remaining mark that indicates the existence or former presence of someone or something. It implies a very faint or minimal indication. - News or whereabouts: Often used in negative contexts to denote a complete lack of information about someone's location or status.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau trận bão, ngôi làng biến mất không một tăm tích. (After the storm, the village vanished without a trace.)
- Anh ta bỏ đi biệt tăm tích từ năm ngoái. (He left and disappeared without a trace last year.)
- Cảnh sát tìm kiếm nhưng không thấy tăm tích của kẻ trộm. (The police searched but found no trace of the thief.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is almost exclusively used in set phrases, most commonly "biệt tăm tích" (to disappear without a trace) and "không một tăm tích" (not a single trace).
- It carries a connotation of something being utterly lost, untraceable, or having vanished completely.
Variants and Related Words
- Dấu vết (n): A more general term for "trace," "mark," or "evidence," which can be physical or figurative. often implies a fainter, more elusive trace.
- Tin tức (n): News, information. can sometimes imply a lack of this ("no news").
Synonyms
- Trace: A faint indication or sign left behind.
- Vestige: A small remaining part of what once existed.
- Sign: An object, quality, or event indicating something.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Biệt tăm tích: To vanish/disappear without a trace.
- Công ty đó đã đóng cửa và biệt tăm tích. (That company shut down and vanished without a trace.)
- Không một tăm tích: Not a single trace.
- Chiếc máy bay rơi, tìm kiếm nhiều ngày vẫn không một tăm tích. (The plane crashed, and many days of search have yielded not a single trace.)