Definition

1. Noun:
   • Secret feeling, hidden emotion: Refers to a feeling, emotion, or sentiment that a person keeps concealed and does not openly express.
   • Secret intimate sentiment: Specifically denotes a private, personal, and often tender feeling, such as a hidden affection or love.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy giữ kín ẩn tình của mình. (She keeps her secret feelings to herself.)
  • Bài thơ này chứa đựng nhiều ẩn tình sâu sắc. (This poem contains many profound hidden sentiments.)
  • Anh ta không dám thổ lộ ẩn tình với người mình yêu. (He dares not confess his secret affection to the one he loves.)

Advanced Usage

• "Giấu ẩn tình": to hide/conceal one's true feelings.
  • Anh ấy luôn giấu ẩn tình trong lòng. (He always hides his true feelings in his heart.)
• "Thổ lộ ẩn tình": to confess/reveal one's hidden feelings.
  • Cuối cùng cô ấy cũng thổ lộ ẩn tình. (She finally confessed her hidden feelings.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ẩn ý (n): Hidden meaning, implication (focuses more on an unstated meaning in speech/writing rather than emotion).
  • Câu nói của anh ấy có ẩn ý. (His statement has a hidden meaning.)
• Tâm tình (n): Sentiments, innermost feelings (can be shared or secret).
  • Họ trò chuyện tâm tình với nhau. (They shared their innermost feelings with each other.)

Synonyms

• Cảm xúc thầm kín: Secret/private emotions.
• Tình cảm giấu kín: Hidden/ concealed affection.

Related Idioms

• "Lòng mang ẩn tình": To harbor secret feelings in one's heart.
  • Bao năm qua, anh ấy vẫn lòng mang ẩn tình. (For many years, he has still harbored secret feelings in his heart.)

1. Secret feeling, secret intimate sentiment