bạo
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Bold; Audacious; Daring: Describes a person, gesture, or action that shows a lack of fear, shyness, or hesitation. It implies courage and a willingness to take risks.
- Healthy; Vigorous; Robust: An older or dialectal meaning describing someone who is physically strong and in good health.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Bold/Audacious):
- Người nhát nát người bạo. (The timid person fears the bold person.)
- Cử chỉ rất bạo. (A very bold gesture.)
- Anh ấy có một kế hoạch bạo. (He has a daring plan.)
Adjective (Healthy/Vigorous):
- Ông cụ vẫn còn rất bạo. (The old man is still very robust.)
- Bạo ăn bạo nói. (To eat heartily and speak boldly.)
Advanced Usage
"bạo miệng" / "bạo mồm bạo miệng": To have a bold (or sometimes impudent) tongue; to speak audaciously or bluntly.
- Đừng có bạo miệng với người lớn. (Don't speak so boldly to your elders.)
"làm bạo tay": To act with a bold hand; to take decisive, daring action.
- Họ quyết định làm bạo tay để giải quyết vấn đề. (They decided to take bold action to solve the problem.)
Variants and Related Words
Bạo dạn (adj): Confident, bold, and assertive.
- Một học sinh bạo dạn. (A confident student.)
Bạo gan (adj): Literally "bold liver"; very daring, having a lot of nerve.
- Thật bạo gan khi đi một mình trong đêm. (It's very daring to go alone at night.)
Synonyms
- Bold: Showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.
- Audacious: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
- Daring: Adventurous or audaciously bold.
- Intrepid: Fearless; adventurous.
- Robust: Strong and healthy; vigorous.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Bạo làm hơn bạo nói: More daring in action than in words; actions speak louder than words.
- Anh ta đúng là kiểu bạo làm hơn bạo nói. (He is truly the type who is bolder in action than in speech.)
Bạo ăn bạo nói: Describes someone who is both hearty in eating and bold in speaking; often translated as "as bold as brass."
- Cậu bé bạo ăn bạo nói, chẳng sợ ai. (The boy, bold as brass, fears no one.)
adj
- Bold
- người nhát nát người bạothe shy frighten the bold
- cử chỉ rất bạoa very bold conduct
- bạo miệngto have a bold language
- làm bạo tayto act with a bold hand
- Healthy
- bạo ăn bạo nói, bạo mồm bạo miệngas bold as brass