ham sách
Definition
Noun:
- Bibliophile: A person who loves and collects books, often with a focus on their physical qualities such as binding, printing, or rarity.
- Bookworm: A person who is extremely fond of and devoted to reading books.
Noun (as a quality):
- Bibliophilia: The love of books; the characteristic or passion of a bibliophile.
Usage Examples
Noun (Person):
- Ông ấy là một người ham sách thực thụ, nhà ông trông như một thư viện nhỏ. (He is a true bibliophile; his house looks like a small library.)
- Cô bé ham sách ấy luôn mang theo một cuốn sách bên mình. (That bookworm girl always carries a book with her.)
Noun (Quality):
- Ham sách của anh ấy khiến anh dành hết tiền tiết kiệm để mua sách cũ. (His bibliophilia makes him spend all his savings on old books.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ham sách" can function attributively to describe a person's characteristic.
- Một tinh thần ham sách (A bibliophilic spirit).
Variants and Related Words
Mọt sách (n): Bookworm. This term is more colloquial and often emphasizes excessive reading.
- Nó bị bạn bè gọi là mọt sách. (He is called a bookworm by his friends.)
Người yêu sách (n): Book lover. A more general and common phrase for someone who loves books.
Synonyms
- Book lover: A person who enjoys reading or collecting books.
- Bibliophile: A collector of or person deeply interested in books (often implies a focus on editions and physical properties).
- Bookworm: A person devoted to reading.
Related Idioms
- While "ham sách" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is related to phrases about loving knowledge.
- Đam mê sách vở: To be passionate about books/studies.
- Cậu ấy đam mê sách vở từ nhỏ. (He has been passionate about books since childhood.)