cắm đầu
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Definition
- Adverb:
- Blindly, servilely, without thinking: To follow, obey, or do something without any consideration, reflection, or independent thought, often with a sense of stubborn or single-minded focus.
- With head down, intently: To be deeply absorbed in an activity, often with one's head bowed in concentration, or to move forward without looking around.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Anh ấy chỉ biết cắm đầu làm việc mà không quan tâm đến sức khỏe. (He just blindly/obsessively works without caring about his health.)
- Đừng có cắm đầu nghe theo lời nó. (Don't just servilely listen to everything he says.)
- Nó cắm đầu chạy thẳng một mạch về nhà. (He ran straight home with his head down / without looking back.)
Advanced Usage
- "cắm đầu cắm cổ": This is an intensified variant of "cắm đầu", emphasizing even more stubbornness, haste, or lack of thought. It means "recklessly", "headlong", or "with extreme single-mindedness".
- Nó cắm đầu cắm cổ vào học, quên cả ăn. (He recklessly / obsessively buried himself in studying, forgetting even to eat.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cắm cổ (Adverb): A synonym with identical meaning and usage to "cắm đầu". It is often used interchangeably or combined for emphasis ("cắm đầu cắm cổ").
Synonyms
- Mù quáng: Blindly (often with a negative connotation of foolishness).
- Ngoan ngoãn nghe theo: To obey docilely.
- Chăm chú: Attentively, intently (can be positive, but lacks the negative connotation of lack of thought present in "cắm đầu").
Related Idioms
- Cắm đầu vào việc: To immerse oneself in work/task (can be neutral or slightly negative depending on context, implying ignoring other things).
- Cả tuần nay cô ấy chỉ cắm đầu vào việc. (She has just buried herself in her work all week.)
- như cắm cổ
- cắm đầu đi thẳng như người chạy trốnto walk off without turning his head as if in flight
- Blindly, servilely
- ai bảo gì cũng cắm đầu ngheto listen blindly to everything one is told