quỉ quyệt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Crafty; very cunning: Describes a person or behavior that is deceitful, sly, and skilled at using tricks to achieve goals, often in a hidden or underhanded way.
- Devious; wily: Indicates a shrewd and artful cleverness used to deceive or manipulate others.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Kẻ địch rất quỉ quyệt. (The enemy is very crafty.)
- Nó có một kế hoạch quỉ quyệt để lừa mọi người. (He has a cunning plan to deceive everyone.)
- Đừng tin hắn ta, con người đó vô cùng quỉ quyệt. (Don't trust him; that person is extremely devious.)
Advanced Usage
- "mưu mô quỉ quyệt": crafty schemes; cunning plots.
- Hắn ta nổi tiếng với những mưu mô quỉ quyệt. (He is famous for his crafty schemes.)
- Used to describe abstract concepts like strategies or methods.
- Chiến thuật quỉ quyệt đó cuối cùng đã bị phát hiện. (That cunning tactic was finally discovered.)
Variants and Related Words
- Quỷ quyệt: A common alternate spelling with the same meaning.
- Xảo quyệt (adj): Synonymous, meaning cunning and deceitful.
- Gian xảo (adj): Deceitful and crafty.
- Láu cá (adj): Sly, cunning (often with a nuance of being street-smart or tricky).
Synonyms
- Gian manh: Deceitful, treacherous.
- Xảo trá: Deceptive, insincere.
- Lõi đời: Worldly-wise, shrewd (can imply cunning from experience).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Khôn ngoan quỉ quyệt: To be shrewdly cunning.
- Một thương nhân khôn ngoan quỉ quyệt. (A shrewdly cunning merchant.)
- Quỉ quyệt như cáo: As cunning as a fox.
- Tên trộm đó quỉ quyệt như cáo. (That thief is as cunning as a fox.)
adjective
- crafty; very cunning