Ciapteh Khaak Sunsun Mikangpau
giitlo'na, phengtat-na, thukhun palsat-na le thumanlo aa gamtat simna te ah, a huh nu/pa or a sep pih nu/pa
Genteh-na:
He was convicted as an accomplice to murder. A mah pen mi kithah-na ah a huh in kihel hi.
• a murderer's accomplice : Mithat-pa a huh pa/nu
• She was an unwitting accomplice to tax fraud. A man[Numei] kumpi tung piak ding siah vai ah a huh-na pen, thukhun pasal a na hih lam tak, a mah leh a mah ki thei lo hi.
[=she didn’t know that she was helping someone to commit tax fraud]
1. Mi te zaakdah phatdeuh le lamdang sak phatdeuh thupiang banghang-hiam cih leh, lungsim kikep zawh lo' na tawh khialhkhaak-na a hih keh, thukhun palsat-na tawh khialh-na
an occurrence in which people are shocked and upset because of behavior that is morally or legally wrong [count]
Her behavior caused a scandal at school.[ A ma gamtata-na in sang ah thuphuang piangsak hi.]
• a drug/sex scandal [noncount] khamtheih guihtheih/nulepa tawh kisai thuphuang
2. A lamdang le a zaakdah huai, a ki mawhkhin-sa/a ki khialkhin-sa thu tawh kisai gengen na
talk about the shocking or immoral things that people have done or are believed to have done
• The newspaper is filled with rumors and scandal
3. A hehhuai, a zaakdah huai, le a sangzawh huai het lo thu khat peuhpeuh
something that is shocking, upsetting, or unacceptable
• The high price of gas these days is a scandal. [Tuhun, Motor sathau-man a ong khankhan mahmah zaakdah huai.]
Hih khuasung aa, Yokeshin Yone a om lo' mahmah, a lamdang pi hi. • It's a scandal that this city doesn't have a movie theater.
Source: "Merriam-Webster Learner's Word of the Day" pan kong lak sawn ahi hi.
