lòng dục

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Libido / Sexual desire: The innate, often strong, human drive or appetite for sexual activity and physical pleasure.
    • Lust / Carnal desire: A strong, sometimes excessive, craving for the pleasures of the flesh, often with a moral or negative connotation of being uncontrolled or sinful.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Lòng dục một bản năng tự nhiên của con người. (Libido is a natural human instinct.)
    • Anh ta bị chi phối bởi lòng dục. (He is driven by lust.)
    • Triết học đó bàn về cách kiểm soát lòng dục. (That philosophy discusses how to control carnal desire.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term "lòng dục" is primarily used in formal, academic, or literary contexts (e.g., psychology, philosophy, religion) to discuss human drives. In everyday spoken Vietnamese, more direct or colloquial terms are typically used.
  • It often appears in discussions about morality, self-control, and human nature.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dục vọng (n): Desire, passion (often broader than just sexual, but can include it).

    • Dục vọng về quyền lực có thể rất nguy hiểm. (The lust for power can be very dangerous.)
  • Ham muốn (n/v): Desire, to desire (a more general and common term for wanting something).

    • Ham muốn tình dục (Sexual desire).
Synonyms
  • Sexual drive: The biological urge for sexual activity.
  • Lust: Intense or unbridled sexual desire.
  • Carnality: The state of being concerned with bodily, especially sexual, pleasures.
Related Concepts and Phrases
  • Chế ngự lòng dục: To suppress/subdue lust.

    • Thiền giúp chế ngự lòng dục. (Meditation helps to subdue lust.)
  • Sự cám dỗ của lòng dục: The temptation of lust.

    • Anh ấy đấu tranh với sự cám dỗ của lòng dục. (He struggles with the temptation of lust.)