cục kịch
Definition
- Noun:
- A boorish or uncouth person: Refers to an individual who is rude, ill-mannered, and lacks sophistication or social grace.
- A lout; a clumsy oaf: Describes a person who is awkward, coarse, and often behaves in an insensitive or brutish manner.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ta đúng là một cục kịch, chẳng biết cách cư xử chút nào. (He is truly a boor, not knowing how to behave at all.)
- Đừng hành động như một cục kịch ở nơi công cộng. (Don't act like a lout in public.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in informal, critical contexts to express strong disapproval of someone's crude behavior or lack of social awareness.
Variants and Related Words
- Thô lỗ (adj): rude, uncouth. (Describes the characteristic, while "cục kịch" is the person embodying it.)
- Vụng về (adj): clumsy, awkward. (Focuses on physical clumsiness, which can be a trait of a "cục kịch".)
Synonyms
- Boor: a rough and bad-mannered person.
- Lout: an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.
- Oaf: a stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person.
Related Idioms
- While "cục kịch" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, its meaning is conceptually related to expressions describing crude behavior.
- Cư xử như kẻ vô học: to behave like an uneducated/ill-bred person.
- Hắn cứ cư xử như kẻ vô học. (He keeps behaving like a boor.)