Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Simple; plain; unadorned: Describes something that is natural, without decoration, artifice, or sophistication. It often implies a positive, honest quality.
   • Unsophisticated; artless: Refers to a manner, style, or character that is genuine and unaffected.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Phong cách sống của bà ấy rất mộc mạc. (Her lifestyle is very simple and plain.)
  • Anh ấy ăn nói một cách mộc mạc và chân thành. (He speaks in a simple and sincere manner.)
  • Căn nhà được trang trí mộc mạc bằng đồ gỗ tự nhiên. (The house was decorated simply with natural wood furniture.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a connotation of rustic charm, honesty, and purity. It is frequently used to praise someone's character, speech, or aesthetic style for being genuine and free from pretense.
  • Vẻ đẹp mộc mạc của làng quê Việt Nam. (The simple beauty of the Vietnamese countryside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chất phác (adj): rustic, simple, and honest. A close synonym often used together with .
  • Con người nơi đây chất phác và mộc mạc. (The people here are honest and simple.)

Synonyms

• Simple: basic, plain, not complicated.
• Plain: not decorated or elaborate.
• Unadorned: not embellished or decorated.
• Artless: without guile or deception; natural.
• Rustic: having a simplicity and charm associated with the countryside.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is a key concept in phrases describing rustic simplicity.
  • Sống một cuộc sống mộc mạc, bình dị. (To live a simple, ordinary life.)

adj

1. simple; natural
   • ăn nói mộc mạc
     to speak with simplicity