Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hide, to conceal oneself: "Ẩn náu" means to hide or take shelter in a secret or secluded place, often to avoid danger, capture, or to wait for an opportunity.
   • To lurk: It can also mean to be present in a concealed or hidden manner, often with a sense of potential threat or secrecy.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Những người lính ẩn náu sau bức tường. (The soldiers hid behind the wall.)
  • Một con hổ ẩn náu trong bụi cây, chờ đợi con mồi. (A tiger lurked in the bushes, waiting for prey.)
  • Họ phải ẩn náu trong căn nhà hoang nhiều ngày. (They had to take refuge in the abandoned house for many days.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ẩn náu tạm thời": to take temporary shelter.
  • Gia đình họ ẩn náu tạm thời trong hầm tránh bom. (Their family took temporary shelter in a bomb shelter.)
• "Nơi ẩn náu": a hiding place, a refuge.
  • Hang động là nơi ẩn náu an toàn. (The cave was a safe hiding place.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ẩn (verb): to hide, to conceal. Often used in compound words.
  • Ẩn mình: to hide oneself.
  • Ẩn dật: to live in seclusion.
• Náu (verb): to hide, to take cover. This is a less common standalone verb and is primarily used in the compound "ẩn náu".
• Trốn tránh (verb): to evade, to avoid. This has a stronger connotation of actively running away from something.
• Lẩn trốn (verb): to dodge, to hide away. Similar to "trốn tránh".

Synonyms

• Trốn (verb): to hide, to flee.
• Lẩn (verb): to slip away, to hide.
• Che giấu (verb): to conceal, to cover up (often an object or information).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• "Ẩn náu chờ thời": to bide one's time in hiding, to lie low waiting for an opportunity.
  • Sau thất bại, ông ta ẩn náu chờ thời để quay trở lại. (After the defeat, he lay low, biding his time to make a comeback.)

Related Idioms

• "Chim ẩn náu trong lồng": (literally: a bird hiding in a cage) – This is not a common idiom for "ẩn náu". A more common conceptual idiom related to hiding is:
• "Ẩn tàng long hổ": (literally: hidden dragons and crouching tigers) – Used to describe a place where talented or powerful people live in obscurity, or a situation with hidden dangers or potentials. It emphasizes the "hidden" aspect of "ẩn".
  • Ngôi làng nhỏ bé đó thực ra là nơi ẩn tàng long hổ. (That small village is actually a place where dragons and tigers hide [a place of hidden talents].)

verb

1. To lurk
   • kẻ giết người ẩn náu trong khu rừng rậm rạp
     the murder was lurking in the dense forest
   • tư tưởng xấu ẩn náu trong người
     evil thinking lurks in one