Definition

1. Noun:
   • Sorcerer, Magician: A person who is believed to practice magic, wield supernatural powers, or cast spells. This is the most common contemporary meaning.
   • Venerable Bonze / High-Ranking Monk: An honorific title for a senior, respected monk or religious master in Buddhism or other spiritual traditions. This meaning is more classical or religious.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Sorcerer/Magician):
  • Trong truyện cổ tích, pháp sư có thể triệu hồi rồng. (In fairy tales, the sorcerer can summon dragons.)
  • Anh ta tự xưng là một pháp sư, chuyên trị bệnh bằng bùa phép. (He claims to be a magician, specializing in curing illnesses with charms.)
• Noun (Venerable Monk):
  • Vị pháp sư ấy đã thuyết giảng một bài pháp rất thâm sâu. (That venerable master delivered a very profound dharma talk.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can appear in formal or literary contexts to denote a figure of great wisdom or mystical authority, blending the ideas of spiritual teacher and magic-wielder.
  • Ông được tôn kính như một pháp sư của làng. (He is revered as the village sorcerer [or spiritual sage].)

Variants and Related Words

• Phù thủy (n): Witch, wizard. This is a more common and direct term for a practitioner of magic, often with neutral or negative connotations.
• Đạo sĩ (n): Taoist priest, ascetic. A religious practitioner, often associated with mysticism.
• Pháp thuật (n): Magic, sorcery. The art or practice of a .

Synonyms

• Sorcerer: A person who uses magic, often with the aid of spirits.
• Magician: A person with magical powers; a conjurer.
• Venerable monk: A title of respect for a senior religious figure.

Related Idioms

• While there are no direct idioms with itself, the concept is central to phrases about magic and power.
  • Có phép màu nhiệm: To have miraculous/magical powers.

    • Vị lương y ấy như có phép màu nhiệm. (That physician is as if he has magical powers.)

1. Sorcerer, magician
2. Venerable bonze