ỉm
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Definition
Verb: - To intentionally keep something secret; to suppress information or an event, especially something negative or scandalous, to prevent it from becoming known.
Usage
The verb ỉm is used to describe the deliberate act of concealing, covering up, or not speaking about something, typically a mistake, a scandal, or an unfavorable incident. It implies an active effort to make an issue "disappear" or be forgotten.
Examples
- (They tried to hush up that scandal.)
- (Don't you hush this matter up, everyone needs to know the truth.)
- (The incident was hushed up for many months.)
Advanced Usage
- Ỉm đi / Ỉm chuyện đi: A common imperative or suggestive phrase meaning "Let's hush it up" or "Keep it quiet."
- Thôi, ỉm chuyện đi cho xong. (Alright, let's just hush it up and be done with it.)
Variants and Related Words
- Che giấu (verb): To conceal, to hide. (A more general synonym for hiding facts or objects.)
- Bưng bít (verb): To cover up, to suppress (information). Often used in a more formal or political context.
- Giấu giếm (verb): To hide, to keep secret. (Focuses on the act of hiding.)
Synonyms
- Hush up: To prevent something from becoming publicly known.
- Cover up: To conceal something wrong or illegal.
- Suppress: To prevent something from being revealed or published.
- Keep quiet about: To not talk about something.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- Ỉm như chìm: To hush something up so thoroughly it's as if it sank without a trace. This idiom emphasizes complete and successful concealment.
- Vụ việc ấy bị ỉm như chìm, chẳng ai nhắc đến nữa. (That case was hushed up completely, no one mentions it anymore.)
verb
- to hush up; to bruke
- ỉm đi một việc xấuto hush up a scandal