dử thính
Definitions
- Adjective:
- Indiscriminate, regardless of price or quality: Describes an action done without care for cost, value, or consequence, often implying a reckless or desperate attitude.
- At any cost, by any means: Emphasizes a determination to achieve something, no matter the expense or method required.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta mua chiếc xe đó một cách dử thính, không cần biết giá cả. (He bought that car indiscriminately, without caring about the price.)
- Cô ấy quyết tâm giành chiến thắng dử thính. (She was determined to win at any cost.)
Advanced Usage
- The term dử thính is considered vulgar or very colloquial. It is used in informal speech to express extreme disregard for normal constraints like price or quality.
- It often carries a negative connotation, criticizing wasteful, reckless, or overly stubborn behavior.
Variants and Related Words
- Bất chấp (preposition/conjunction): Despite, regardless of. (A more standard, less vulgar synonym).
- Anh ấy làm bất chấp hậu quả. (He did it regardless of the consequences.)
- Vô tội vạ (adverb/phrase): Recklessly, without reason or limit. (Another colloquial term with a similar sense of indiscriminate action).
Synonyms
- Không kể giá: Regardless of price.
- Bằng mọi giá: At all costs.
- Liều lĩnh: Reckless, rash.
Related Idioms
- Được ăn cả, ngã về không: "Win all or lose all"; an idiom describing an all-or-nothing, high-risk attitude that can be related to the mindset behind dử thính.