tối mật
Definition
- Adjective:
- Top-secret; highly confidential: Refers to information, documents, or matters of the utmost secrecy, requiring the highest level of protection from disclosure. This level of classification is above simply "secret" (mật).
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tài liệu này là tài liệu tối mật. (This document is a top-secret document.)
- Cuộc họp mang tính chất tối mật. (The meeting is of a top-secret nature.)
- Họ tiến hành một chiến dịch tối mật. (They conducted a top-secret campaign.)
Advanced Usage
- Used formally in governmental, military, or corporate contexts to denote the highest classification level for sensitive information.
- Can describe actions, operations, or communications that are concealed from all but a very few authorized individuals.
Variants and Related Words
- Mật (adj): Secret, confidential. A lower level of secrecy than "tối mật".
- Công thức mật. (A secret formula.)
- Tuyệt mật (adj): An alternative term for "top-secret," essentially synonymous with "tối mật".
Synonyms
- Top-secret: The most closely guarded secrets.
- Highly classified: Formally categorized as requiring extreme protection.
- Strictly confidential: Private to an extreme degree.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Con dấu tối mật: Top-secret stamp/seal.
- Hồ sơ có đóng con dấu tối mật. (The file bears a top-secret stamp.)
- Vùng tối mật: A top-secret zone/area.
- Đây là vùng tối mật, cấm ra vào. (This is a top-secret zone, entry is forbidden.)