Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ingenuous, straightforward, simple: Describes a person who is open, frank, and simple in nature, often acting or speaking without guile, calculation, or careful forethought. It can imply a certain artlessness or lack of sophistication.
   • Rash, thoughtless, acting lightly: Can carry a nuance of being somewhat careless, hasty, or acting without due consideration, stemming from that same straightforward simplicity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một con người bộc tuệch, chẳng bao giờ biết tính toán. (He is an ingenuous person, never knowing how to scheme.)
  • Lời ăn tiếng nói của bác ấy rất bộc tuệch, nghĩ sao nói vậy. (His way of speaking is very ingenuous, saying whatever he thinks.)
  • Đừng có bộc tuệch mà nhận lời ngay, phải suy nghĩ kỹ đi. (Don't be so rash as to agree immediately; think it over carefully.)

Advanced Usage

• "bộc tuệch bộc toạc": This is a common reduplicative phrase that intensifies the meaning of bộc tuệch. It emphasizes being extremely frank, blunt, or utterly without pretense, often to the point of being tactless.
  • Tính anh ta bộc tuệch bộc toạc, có sao nói vậy, đôi khi mất lòng người khác. (His character is extremely blunt, calling a spade a spade, which sometimes offends others.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bộc trực (adj): Frank, outspoken, straightforward. This word shares the sense of frankness but is generally more positive and less likely to imply simple-mindedness or carelessness than bộc tuệch.
• Thẳng thắn (adj): Frank, direct, honest. A positive term for honesty and directness in communication.
• Ngây thơ (adj): Naive, innocent. Focuses more on innocence and lack of worldly experience.

Synonyms

• Thật thà: Honest, truthful.
• Chất phác: Simple, unpretentious.
• Không giả dối: Not deceitful, not hypocritical.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Nghĩ sao nói vậy: To say what one thinks. This phrase describes the behavior typical of a bộc tuệch person.
• Ruột để ngoài da: (Lit: to wear one's intestines on the outside) To be very open and unable to hide one's feelings, similar to being bộc tuệch.

adj

1. Ingenuous
   • con người bộc tuệch
     an ingenuous person
   • ăn nói bộc tuệch
     to be ingenuous in one's words
   • bộc tuệch bộc toạc
     very ingenuous
   • tính ngay thẳng bộc tuệch bộc toạc chẳng để ý giận ai lâu
     to be straight forward and very ingenuous and never be cross with anyone long