vô mưu
Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking in strategy or resourcefulness: Describes a person who does not have clever plans, tactics, or effective methods to deal with situations.
- Without expedient or means: Indicates an absence of practical or immediate solutions to problems.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta là một kẻ vô mưu, luôn gặp khó khăn trong công việc. (He is a man lacking in strategy, always encountering difficulties in his work.)
- Đối mặt với tình huống phức tạp, cô ấy tỏ ra hoàn toàn vô mưu. (Faced with a complex situation, she appeared completely without expedient.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in a critical or evaluative context to describe a character flaw, particularly in narratives or analyses of someone's capabilities.
Variants and Related Words
- Bất tài (adj): incompetent, lacking ability.
- Thiếu sáng kiến (adj): lacking initiative or ideas.
Synonyms
- Unresourceful: lacking the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
- Tactless: lacking adroitness and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.
- Inept: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
Related Idioms
- While "vô mưu" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it conceptually relates to the idea of being "bó tay" (to be helpless, to have one's hands tied), which describes a state of having no solutions.