giản lậu
Definition
- 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.)
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Plain and homely, homespun
