chân chỉ

Thân thiện

Anh ấy là một người làm ăn chân chỉ, không bao giờ lừa dối ai.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Simple-minded and truthful: Describes a person who is straightforward, honest, and perhaps naive in their thoughts and actions, often implying a lack of guile or sophistication.
   • Honest and upright: Emphasizes moral integrity, decency, and straightforwardness in character and behavior.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người làm ăn chân chỉ. (He is a simple-minded and truthful person in his work and behavior.)
  • Tính nết nó chân chỉ lắm. (His/her character is very honest and upright.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a positive, albeit somewhat rustic or old-fashioned, connotation, praising someone for their fundamental goodness and lack of deceit.
• It can sometimes imply a person is not very worldly or clever, focusing instead on their inherent honesty.

Variants and Related Words

• Chân chỉ hạt bột (adj): An intensified form meaning "very simple-minded and truthful" or "extremely honest and upright."
  • Con người ông ấy chân chỉ hạt bột. (He is a very simple-minded and truthful person.)

Synonyms

• Honest: Free of deceit; truthful and sincere.
• Upright: Strictly honorable or honest.
• Guileless: Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.
• Straightforward: Uncomplicated and direct.

Related Idioms

• While "chân chỉ" itself is often used in the fixed phrase "chân chỉ hạt bột", it is not typically part of other common idioms. The phrase "chân chỉ hạt bột" functions as an idiomatic intensifier of the core adjective.

Học thuật

adj

1. Simple-minded and truthful
   • con người làm ăn chân chỉ
     a simple-minded and truthful person in his work and behaviour
   • chân chỉ hạt bột
     very simple-minded and truthful