đại gian hùng
Definition
- Noun:
- A master villain; an arch-knave: A person who is extremely treacherous, cunning, and skilled in deception, often on a grand or influential scale. This term describes someone whose wickedness and craftiness are of the highest degree.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hắn ta không phải là tên trộm vặt mà là một đại gian hùng của giới tài chính. (He is not a petty thief but a master villain of the finance world.)
- Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều đại gian hùng đã dùng mưu mẹo thao túng cả một triều đại. (History records many arch-knaves who used cunning schemes to manipulate an entire dynasty.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is highly literary and dramatic. It is typically used in historical narratives, political commentary, or literature to describe figures of profound and successful deceit.
- It often implies that the person's villainy has had significant, large-scale consequences.
Variants and Related Words
- Gian hùng (noun): A villain or knave; a treacherous and ambitious person. (A less intense form than 'đại gian hùng').
- Đại gian (noun): A great villain/rogue. (Emphasizes scale of villainy but may lack the connotation of strategic cunning present in 'gian hùng').
- Đại nghịch (noun): A great traitor/rebels. (Emphasizes betrayal against authority, such as a king or country).
Synonyms
- Ác nhân (noun): An evil person; a villain. (A more general term for a bad person).
- Kẻ mưu mô (noun): A schemer; a plotter. (Focuses on the planning of deceitful acts).
Related Idioms
- Gian hùng tạo thời thế: A villain/knave shapes the times. (An idiom suggesting that a cunning and ambitious person can seize opportunities to influence an era).
- Thời loạn lạc thường sinh ra những đại gian hùng, đúng với câu "gian hùng tạo thời thế". (Times of chaos often give rise to master villains, fitting the phrase "a knave shapes the times.")
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Arch knave