Bedeutung
Treating one person better than others unfairly.
Kultureller Hintergrund
In Myanmar, the 'face' is sacred. To 'give face' (myat-nhar-pay) is a way to show respect, but 'following the face' (myat-nhar-lite) is the corrupt version of this social grace. Nepotism is often viewed through the lens of 'helping one's own.' While 'myat-nhar-lite' is a criticism, the person doing it often feels they are just being a 'good relative.' In Burmese Buddhism, 'Agati' (prejudice/corruption) includes 'Chanda-gati' (bias due to like/love). 'Myat-nhar-lite' is the colloquial way to describe this spiritual failing. The 'youngest child' (Htway-htway) is culturally expected to be the favorite, often leading to older siblings using this phrase frequently.
Be Careful with Accusations
Calling a superior 'myat-nhar-lite' is a serious accusation in Myanmar and can lead to job loss or social friction.
Use with 'Po' (More)
To say someone favors one person *more* than another, use 'Po' (ပို). Example: 'A က B ကို ပိုမျက်နှာလိုက်တယ်။'
Bedeutung
Treating one person better than others unfairly.
Be Careful with Accusations
Calling a superior 'myat-nhar-lite' is a serious accusation in Myanmar and can lead to job loss or social friction.
Use with 'Po' (More)
To say someone favors one person *more* than another, use 'Po' (ပို). Example: 'A က B ကို ပိုမျက်နှာလိုက်တယ်။'
The 'Anade' Factor
If someone is favoring you, you might feel 'Anade' (guilty/awkward). You can say 'မျက်နှာမလိုက်ပါနဲ့' to politely decline the special treatment.
Noun vs Verb
Add 'mu' (မှု) at the end to talk about 'favoritism' as a concept in an essay or speech.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'myat-nhar-lite'.
ဒီဆရာမက အရမ်း ________ တယ်။
The sentence means 'This teacher really plays favorites.' 'Myat-nhar-lite' is the correct idiom.
Which sentence means 'Don't be biased'?
Choose the correct Burmese translation:
'Ma...ne' is the negative imperative pattern in Burmese.
Match the phrase to the situation.
A manager gives a promotion to his cousin who never works.
Giving a promotion to a relative regardless of merit is a classic case of 'myat-nhar-lite'.
Complete the dialogue.
A: အမေက မောင်လေးကိုပဲ မုန့်အများကြီးပေးတယ်။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ အမေက _________။
The context of giving more snacks to one child implies favoritism.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
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Fair vs Unfair
Aufgabensammlung
4 Aufgabenဒီဆရာမက အရမ်း ________ တယ်။
The sentence means 'This teacher really plays favorites.' 'Myat-nhar-lite' is the correct idiom.
Choose the correct Burmese translation:
'Ma...ne' is the negative imperative pattern in Burmese.
A manager gives a promotion to his cousin who never works.
Giving a promotion to a relative regardless of merit is a classic case of 'myat-nhar-lite'.
A: အမေက မောင်လေးကိုပဲ မုန့်အများကြီးပေးတယ်။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ အမေက _________။
The context of giving more snacks to one child implies favoritism.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenYes, it almost always implies unfairness. If you want to say something positive, use 'myat-nhar-thar-pay' (giving favor).
Yes! If you give more treats to one dog, you can jokingly say you are 'myat-nhar-lite.'
The opposite is 'myat-ta-shi-tar' (being fair) or 'bet-ma-lite-tar' (not taking sides).
You would say 'သူက ကျွန်တော့်အပေါ် မျက်နှာမလိုက်ဘူး' (He doesn't favor me) or more commonly 'သူက ကျွန်တော့်ကို အမြင်ကတ်တယ်' (He dislikes me).
Yes, but in news, it is often expanded to 'မျက်နှာလိုက်မှု' (favoritism) or 'ဘက်လိုက်မှု' (bias).
Usually, yes. It refers to favoring a person's 'face.' You wouldn't use it for favoring a brand of soda.
Only if you are asking about company policy. Don't accuse the interviewer of it!
'Bet-lite' is taking a side in a fight. 'Myat-nhar-lite' is giving someone special treatment because of who they are.
Young people might just say 'Boss က သူ့လူပဲ' (The boss [treats him as] his person).
မ - ျ - က - ် - န - ှ - ာ - လ - ို - က - ် (မျက်နှာလိုက်).
Verwandte Redewendungen
ဘက်လိုက်
synonymTo take sides
မျက်နှာသာပေး
similarTo give favor
ခွဲခြားဆက်ဆံ
specialized formTo discriminate
အဂတိလိုက်
builds onTo be corrupt
မျှတ
contrastTo be fair/equal
