Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Perverse, wicked: Describes behavior, speech, or actions that are morally wrong, unreasonable, and show a deliberate disregard for what is right or proper.
   • Unruly, shameless: Refers to a person or conduct that is unrestrained, indecent, or lacking in moral discipline.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành động đó thật càn rỡ. (That action is truly wicked.)
  • Anh ta là một kẻ càn rỡ. (He is a perverse/shameful person.)
  • Đừng có ăn nói càn rỡ như vậy. (Don't speak in such a perverse/shameless way.)

Advanced Usage

• The term càn rỡ often carries a strong moral judgment and is used to condemn behavior considered seriously offensive or corrupt, beyond mere rudeness.

Variants and Related Words

• Càn (adj): Often used as a shorter, more colloquial form meaning unreasonable, stubborn, or acting without regard for rules.
  • Thằng bé đó rất càn. (That boy is very unruly/stubborn.)

Synonyms

• Depraved: Morally corrupt.
• Shameless: Lacking any sense of shame.
• Unscrupulous: Having no moral principles.
• Outrageous: Shockingly bad or excessive.

Related Idioms

• While càn rỡ itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases condemning bad behavior, such as:
  • Ngang ngược: Recalcitrant, defiantly unreasonable.

    • Nó cư xử một cách ngang ngược. (He behaves in a defiantly unreasonable way.)

adj

1. Perverse, wicked
   • hành động càn rỡ
     a wicked action
   • ăn nói càn rỡ
     to have a perverse way of speaking