tợn tạo
Definition
- Adjective:
- Recklessly audacious; impudently daring: Describes a person or action that shows extreme boldness, often to the point of being shameless, rude, or shockingly defiant. It implies a brazen disregard for norms, danger, or consequences.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn có một vẻ tợn tạo đáng sợ. (He has a frighteningly reckless audacity.)
- Đừng có tợn tạo với người lớn như vậy! (Don't be so impudently bold with your elders like that!)
- Lời nói tợn tạo của nó khiến mọi người bực mình. (His shamelessly daring words annoyed everyone.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to criticize behavior that is not just brave, but offensively so. It carries a strong negative connotation of insolence and disrespectful boldness.
Variants and Related Words
- Tợn (adj): daring, fierce. Often used alone but with less intensity regarding the "impudent" aspect than "tợn tạo".
- Thằng bé rất tợn. (The boy is very daring.)
Synonyms
- Brazen: shameless and bold.
- Audacious: showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, often with a negative connotation of disrespect.
- Impudent: not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
Related Idioms
- Mặt tợn da chì: (literally: fierce face, lead skin) An idiom describing someone with a brazen, thick-skinned, and shamelessly bold demeanor.
- Nó mặt tợn da chì, chẳng biết xấu hổ là gì. (He is brazen-faced and doesn't know what shame is.)
