Definition

1. Noun:
   • An old-fashioned and narrow-minded scholar: "hủ nho" refers to a Confucian scholar who is rigidly conservative, stubbornly clings to outdated customs and ideas, and is not open to new ways of thinking or progress.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy là một hủ nho, không chịu tiếp thu những tư tưởng mới. (He is an old-fashioned scholar who refuses to accept new ideas.)
  • Tư tưởng hủ nho đó đã lỗi thời từ lâu. (That narrow-minded scholarly thinking has been obsolete for a long time.)

Advanced Usage

• Used as an adjective-like noun modifier: While primarily a noun, "hủ nho" can describe a characteristic mindset or attitude.
  • Lối suy nghĩ hủ nho không còn phù hợp với xã hội hiện đại. (An old-fashioned scholarly way of thinking is no longer suitable for modern society.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hủ lậu (adj): Obsolete, antiquated, backward. Often used to describe ideas or customs.
  • Những quan niệm hủ lậu. (Obsolete notions.)
• Nho gia (n): Confucianist; a scholar of Confucianism. (This is the neutral/formal term, without the negative connotation of "hủ nho".)
• Nhà nho (n): A Confucian scholar; a literati. (The general term, which can be positive or neutral.)

Synonyms

• Kẻ bảo thủ cực đoan: An extreme conservative.
• Người cố chấp, lạc hậu: A stubborn and backward person.

Related Idioms

• Đầu óc hủ nho: A mind of an old-fashioned pedant. Used to criticize someone's rigid and outdated mindset.
  • Anh ta có cái đầu óc hủ nho, lúc nào cũng "xưa bảo thế, nay phải thế". (He has the mind of an old-fashioned pedant, always saying "the past said so, so it must be so now.")

1. Old-fashioned and narrow-minded scholar