quỷ quyệt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Very cunning, crafty: Describes a person or action that is extremely deceitful, sly, and skilled at using trickery to achieve goals.
- Insidious, wily: Characterized by a subtle, treacherous, and underhanded cleverness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn ta là một kẻ rất quỷ quyệt. (He is a very cunning/crafty person.)
- Đó là một âm mưu quỷ quyệt. (That is a crafty/insidious plot.)
- Cô ấy trả lời bằng một nụ cười quỷ quyệt. (She answered with a sly/crafty smile.)
Advanced Usage
"quỷ quyệt như cáo": as cunning as a fox.
- Tên trộm đó quỷ quyệt như cáo, cảnh sát khó lòng bắt được. (That thief is as cunning as a fox, the police will have a hard time catching him.)
"thủ đoạn quỷ quyệt": cunning/underhanded tactics.
- Hắn dùng những thủ đoạn quỷ quyệt để leo lên vị trí đó. (He used cunning/underhanded tactics to climb to that position.)
Variants and Related Words
- Quỷ (n): ghost, devil. Often used in compounds to imply something wicked or clever.
- Quỷ kế (n): devilish/cunning scheme.
- Xảo quyệt (adj): synonymous with , meaning cunning, crafty.
- Gian xảo (adj): deceitful, fraudulent.
Synonyms
- Xảo trá: deceitful, fraudulent.
- Láu cá: sly, shrewd (often with a connotation of street-smarts).
- Mưu mô: scheming, calculating.
- Lõi đời: worldly-wise, cunning (in a practical sense).
Related Idioms
"Khôn ngoan quỷ quyệt": shrewd and cunning.
- Để tồn tại trong thương trường, đôi khi phải khôn ngoan quỷ quyệt. (To survive in business, one sometimes has to be shrewd and cunning.)
"Mặt người dạ quỷ": (literally: a human face, a devil's heart) – describes someone who appears kind but is inwardly wicked and cunning.
- Đừng tin anh ta, hắn là loại mặt người dạ quỷ. (Don't trust him; he is the kind who has a human face but a devil's heart.)
- Very cunning, crafty