vu hãm

Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To slander with malicious intent: To falsely and maliciously accuse someone, specifically with the aim of causing them harm or damage.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ thù tìm cách vu hãm ông ấy trước triều đình. (His enemies sought to slander him maliciously before the court.)
  • Bị vu hãm là một tội nặng thời xưa. (Being maliciously slandered was a serious crime in ancient times.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in historical or literary contexts and is rarely used in modern conversational Vietnamese.

Variants and Related Words

• Vu cáo (v): to accuse falsely, to frame. This is the more common modern equivalent.
  • Hắn vu cáo đồng nghiệp để giành lợi thế. (He framed his colleague to gain an advantage.)
• Vu khống (v): to slander, to defame.
  • Bài báo đó vu khống danh tiếng của công ty. (That article defamed the company's reputation.)

Synonyms

• Malign: to speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner.
• Defame: to damage the good reputation of someone.
• Calumniate (formal): to make false and defamatory statements about someone.

Related Idioms

• Vu oan giá họa: to bring false accusations and create disaster. This idiom conveys a similar sense of malicious, harmful slander.
  • Âm mưu vu oan giá họa nhằm hạ bệ đối thủ. (The plot of false accusations and creating disaster aimed to overthrow the rival.)