sắc mắc
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Nitpicky, overly meticulous, pedantic: Describes a person who pays excessive attention to minor details, often in a critical or fault-finding manner. It implies a tendency to be overly strict or demanding about trivial matters.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy rất sắc mắc trong công việc, đôi khi khiến đồng nghiệp mệt mỏi. (He is very nitpicky at work, sometimes making his colleagues tired.)
- Đừng sắc mắc với những lỗi nhỏ như vậy. (Don't be so pedantic about such minor mistakes.)
- Cô giáo sắc mắc nên bài kiểm tra nào cũng được chấm rất kỹ. (The teacher is meticulous, so every test is graded very carefully.)
Advanced Usage
- "tính sắc mắc": nitpicking nature, pedantic tendency.
- Tính sắc mắc của anh ấy đôi khi gây ra tranh cãi không cần thiết. (His nitpicking nature sometimes causes unnecessary arguments.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sắc sảo (adj): Sharp, astute, perceptive (often positive, relating to intelligence or wit).
- Cô ấy là một nhà phê bình sắc sảo. (She is an astute critic.)
- Tỉ mỉ (adj): Careful, thorough, painstaking (can be positive or neutral, focusing on diligence rather than criticism).
- Anh thợ làm việc rất tỉ mỉ. (The craftsman works very carefully.)
Synonyms
- Khắt khe: Strict, stringent (broader term for strictness).
- Cầu toàn: Perfectionist (focuses on the desire for perfection).
- Bắt bẻ: To pick on, to find fault (verb form, emphasizes the action of criticizing).
Related Phrases
- Sắc mắc từng li từng tí: To be nitpicky about every tiny detail.
- Ông chủ sắc mắc từng li từng tí về báo cáo. (The boss is nitpicky about every tiny detail in the report.)
Notes on Usage
- The word sắc mắc often carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting the criticism or attention to detail is excessive and potentially annoying to others.
- It is important to distinguish it from tỉ mỉ (meticulous/ thorough), which is generally a positive trait, and sắc sảo (sharp/astute), which describes keen intelligence.
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