gạo cụ

Ông ấy là một gạo cụ, luôn ngồi đọc sách trong thư viện.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A "bookworm" or "study addict": A person who studies excessively hard, often to the point of neglecting other activities. This term is informal and can carry a slightly negative or teasing connotation, implying a lack of balance.
   • A "grind" or "swot": Someone who devotes an excessive amount of time to studying or academic work.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy là một gạo cụ thực sự, lúc nào cũng chỉ thấy cắm đầu vào sách vở. (He is a real bookworm; you always see him buried in his books.)
  • Đừng trở thành một gạo cụ, hãy ra ngoài và tận hưởng cuộc sống một chút đi. (Don't become a grind; go out and enjoy life a little.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is colloquial and somewhat vulgar (). It is used in casual speech, often among students, and can be used both teasingly and critically.
• It emphasizes the and nature of the studying habit.

Variants and Related Words

• Học gạo: (verb phrase) To cram, to study intensively, often at the last minute.
  • Tôi phải học gạo cho kỳ thi ngày mai. (I have to cram for tomorrow's exam.)
• Mọt sách: (noun) Bookworm. This term is more neutral than and focuses more on a love of reading/studying rather than the negative implication of excess.

Synonyms

• Kẻ học tủ: (noun) Someone who crams/studies narrowly for exams.
• Kẻ cày ngày cày đêm: (idiomatic phrase) Someone who "plows day and night," i.e., works/studies extremely hard.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Cắm đầu cắm cổ vào học: (idiom) To bury one's head in studying, to study with intense concentration.
  • Cậu ấy cắm đầu cắm cổ vào học như một gạo cụ. (He buries his head in studying like a grind.)