giản lậu

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Definition

1. Adjective (from old usage; literary):
   • Plain and homely; simple and rustic: Describes something that is unadorned, unsophisticated, and characteristic of a simple, rural lifestyle. It often carries a connotation of being coarse or crude due to its lack of refinement.
   • Homespun: Literally made at home from simple materials, emphasizing a rough, handmade quality and by extension, a modest, unpretentious nature.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Phong cách sống giản lậu của ông ấy khiến nhiều người ngưỡng mộ. (His plain and homely lifestyle is admired by many.)
  • Căn nhà được trang trí một cách giản lậu với đồ đạc tự đóng. (The house was decorated in a homespun manner with self-made furniture.)
  • Bộ quần áo giản lậu ấy phản ánh cuộc sống nông thôn. (That homespun outfit reflects rural life.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in classical or literary Vietnamese texts and is rarely used in modern everyday conversation. Its use evokes a sense of antiquity or a deliberate stylistic choice to describe a past era's simplicity.

Variants and Related Words

• Giản dị (adj): simple, plain. This is the modern, common, and neutral term for simplicity, without the strong rustic or crude connotations of "giản lậu."
• Mộc mạc (adj): rustic, plain, unpolished. Closer in meaning to "giản lậu" but more commonly used and slightly less archaic.
• Thô sơ (adj): rudimentary, primitive. Emphasizes a basic, undeveloped state, often of tools or technology.

Synonyms

• Plain
• Homely
• Rustic
• Unrefined
• Homespun

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "giản lậu," the concept is related to proverbs praising simplicity, such as:
  • Giản dị là đẹp. (Simplicity is beauty.)

Học thuật

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Plain and homely, homespun