Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Brazen-faced, impudent, shameless: Describes a person who shows no shame or embarrassment, especially when they have done something wrong or are behaving inappropriately. It implies a bold, disrespectful, and offensive lack of modesty.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đừng có cái kiểu câng câng như thế! (Don't have that kind of brazen-faced attitude!)
  • Nó trả lời một cách câng lâng, không chút ăn năn. (He answered in a shameless manner, without any remorse.)
  • Cái mặt câng ấy nhìn mà phát ghét. (That impudent face is disgusting to look at.)

Advanced Usage

• "câng lâng": An alliterative reduplication that intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a frivolous, flippant, and utterly shameless attitude.
  • Thái độ câng lâng của nó khiến mọi người rất bực mình. (His flippant and shameless attitude annoyed everyone greatly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trơ tráo (adj): Brazen, barefaced, shameless. A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "câng".
• Vô liêm sỉ (adj): Without shame, having no sense of decency. A stronger, more formal term describing a severe lack of moral principles.
• Mặt dày (adj, idiomatic): Thick-skinned, cheeky. A common colloquial expression for being shameless or impudent.

Synonyms

• Impudent: Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
• Brazen: Bold and without shame.
• Shameless: Feeling or showing no shame.

Related Idioms

• Mặt câng như cái mâm đồng: (Face as brazen as a brass tray) An idiom to exaggerate and vividly describe someone's extreme shamelessness and lack of embarrassment.
  • Sai lầm rành rành mà nó vẫn chối, đúng là mặt câng như cái mâm đồng. (The mistake is obvious, but he still denies it; he truly has a face as brazen as a brass tray.)

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adj

1. Brazen-faced, impudent
   • mặt cứ câng lên, trông dễ ghét
     with his impudent face, he is easily disliked