guru

Thân thiện

A yoga guru leads a meditation class in a peaceful garden.

Definition

Noun: 1. A recognized leader, expert, or influential teacher in a particular field: A person whose ideas or advice are widely followed and respected. 2. A spiritual teacher and guide in Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism: A person who gives personal religious instruction and guidance.

Usage and Examples

• As an expert in a field:
  • He is considered a guru of modern marketing techniques.
  • She consulted a financial guru before investing.
• As a spiritual teacher:
  • The disciples gathered to listen to their guru.
  • In the Sikh tradition, Guru Nanak was the first guru.

Advanced Usage

• "Management guru," "tech guru," "fashion guru": Common compound terms specifying the field of expertise. (Note: These are listed here as they are common fixed phrases, but the core explanation remains on the single word "guru").
  • The company hired a well-known management guru to overhaul its structure.

Variants and Related Words

• Guru-dom (noun, informal): The state or realm of being a guru; the community of gurus.
• Gurukul (noun): A traditional Indian residential school where students live with a guru to study.

Synonyms

• Expert, authority, master, pundit, mentor (for the secular meaning).
• Spiritual teacher, guide, sage, swami (for the religious meaning).

Antonyms

• Novice, amateur, dilettante, follower, disciple.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To guru someone (verb, informal and rare): To act as a guru to someone; to mentor or advise authoritatively.
  • He spent the summer guru-ing the new interns on sales strategy.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
   • a guru of genomics
2. each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion
3. a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

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