Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wild beast, ferocious animal: "Mãnh thú" refers to a wild, powerful, and often dangerous animal, typically a large predator. It emphasizes the creature's ferocity and strength.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những con mãnh thú đang săn mồi trong rừng sâu. (The wild beasts are hunting prey in the deep forest.)
  • Tiếng gầm của mãnh thú khiến mọi sinh vật xung quanh khiếp sợ. (The roar of the ferocious beast terrified all surrounding creatures.)
  • Khu vực này bị cấm vào vì có mãnh thú nguy hiểm. (This area is off-limits because of dangerous wild beasts.)

Advanced Usage

• Literary/Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe a person with an extremely fierce, aggressive, or ruthless nature.
  • Hắn ta như một con mãnh thú trên thương trường. (He is like a wild beast in the business arena.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thú dữ (noun): A more common term for "wild/ferocious animal," often interchangeable with "mãnh thú" but may sound slightly less literary.
• Dã thú (noun): Wild animal, beast (emphasizing its untamed, wilderness nature).
• Ác thú (noun): Vicious beast, evil beast (emphasizing maliciousness or evil nature).

Synonyms

• Quái thú (noun): Monster, beast (often implies a monstrous or mythical creature).
• Thú hoang (noun): Wild animal (emphasizes undomesticated state).

Related Idioms

• Nanh vuốt mãnh thú: Literally "the fangs and claws of a wild beast." Used to describe the cruel and destructive methods or tools of a powerful, aggressive entity.
  • Chính sách bóc lột đó là nanh vuốt mãnh thú của chế độ cũ. (That exploitative policy was the fangs and claws of the old regime.)

noun

1. wild beast