pháp sư
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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.)
- Sorcerer, magician
- Venerable bonze