giảo quyệt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Artful; deceitful: Describes a person or action characterized by cunning intelligence, clever trickery, or deceptive shrewdness, often to achieve a selfish goal.
- Crafty; sly: Possessing or showing skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn ta là một kẻ giảo quyệt, luôn tìm cách lừa gạt người khác. (He is an artful person, always looking for ways to deceive others.)
- Âm mưu đó thật giảo quyệt. (That scheme is truly deceitful.)
- Với nụ cười giảo quyệt, nó bắt đầu kể một câu chuyện hoàn toàn sai sự thật. (With a crafty smile, he began to tell a completely untrue story.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a negative moral judgment, suggesting not just intelligence but a morally questionable cleverness used for manipulation or fraud.
Variants and Related Words
- Xảo quyệt (adj): A direct synonym with identical meaning and usage.
- Thủ đoạn xảo quyệt. (A crafty trick.)
Synonyms
- Cunning: Skilled in achieving one's ends by deceit.
- Devious: Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals.
- Wily: Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
- Sly: Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.
Related Idioms
- Giảo quyệt như cáo: As sly as a fox.
- Tên trộm đó giảo quyệt như cáo, cảnh sát khó lòng bắt được. (That thief is as sly as a fox; the police will have a hard time catching him.)