cuồng sĩ
Definition
- Noun:
- A mad scholar; an eccentric intellectual: Historically refers to a scholar or learned person whose behavior, ideas, or writings are considered extremely unconventional, fanatical, or wildly extravagant, often to the point of seeming madness. The term carries an archaic and literary nuance.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trong lịch sử, có những cuồng sĩ với những tư tưởng đi trước thời đại. (In history, there were mad scholars with ideas ahead of their time.)
- Anh ta cư xử như một cuồng sĩ, không quan tâm đến các quy tắc xã hội. (He behaves like a mad scholar, paying no heed to social conventions.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "cuồng sĩ" is almost exclusively found in historical, literary, or philosophical contexts. It is not used in modern everyday conversation. It often describes a figure who is deeply passionate and unorthodox in their pursuit of knowledge or art, blurring the line between genius and insanity.
Variants and Related Words
- Cuồng (adj/n): Mad, fanatical,狂热. Often used as a prefix (e.g., - fervent, - fanatical).
- Sĩ (n): A scholarly class; an intellectual; a literati. A historical term for a scholar or gentleman (e.g., - Confucian scholar, - intellectual).
Synonyms
- Kẻ lập dị (n): An eccentric person.
- Nhà thông thái điên (n): A mad sage (descriptive phrase).
- Kẻ cuồng chữ (n): A fanatic of letters/learning (descriptive, modern).
Related Idioms/Phrases
- While there is no common idiom with "cuồng sĩ" itself, the concept relates to the idea of genius bordering on madness, similar to the English notion of "mad genius".