buông tuồng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Self-indulgent; dissolute; unrestrained: Describes a person, behavior, or lifestyle characterized by a lack of discipline, moral restraint, or moderation, often involving excessive pursuit of pleasure.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta sống một cuộc sống buông tuồng. (He lives a dissolute life.)
- Lối sống buông tuồng đó sẽ hủy hoại sức khỏe anh. (That self-indulgent lifestyle will ruin your health.)
- Hắn là một kẻ ăn chơi buông tuồng. (He is a unrestrained pleasure-seeker.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "buông tuồng" often carries a strong negative moral judgment, implying criticism of someone's reckless abandonment of social or personal responsibilities for immediate gratification.
Variants and Related Words
- Buông thả (adj): to let go, to be permissive or negligent. While similar, "buông thả" can sometimes refer to a lack of control over others (e.g., permissive parenting), whereas "buông tuồng" more specifically describes one's own indulgent conduct.
- Cha mẹ không nên buông thả con cái. (Parents should not be neglectful/permissive with their children.)
Synonyms
- Dissolute: lacking moral restraint.
- Unrestrained: not controlled or limited.
- Debauched: indulging in sensual pleasures to a degrading degree.
- Licentious: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
Related Idioms
- Ăn chơi buông tuồng: to indulge in unrestrained revelry and pleasure-seeking.
- Thời thanh xuân, hắn chỉ biết ăn chơi buông tuồng. (In his youth, he knew only unrestrained revelry.)
adj
- Self-indulgent
- sống buông tuồngto live in a self-indulgent way