đa mưu
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Wily; cunning: Possessing or showing cleverness, craftiness, and a talent for scheming or trickery, often to achieve one's own ends. It implies a shrewd, calculating, and sometimes deceitful intelligence.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hắn là một kẻ đa mưu và nguy hiểm. (He is a wily and dangerous individual.)
- Đối thủ đa mưu đó luôn có những kế hoạch phức tạp. (That cunning opponent always has complex plans.)
- Bà ta nổi tiếng là đa mưu túc trí trong giới kinh doanh. (She is famous for being shrewd and resourceful in the business world.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "đa mưu" often carries a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of honesty or scruples in one's cleverness. It is more about deceptive scheming than about innocent cleverness.
- It can be used to describe characters in stories, political strategists, or clever adversaries.
Variants and Related Words
- Mưu mô (n): scheme, plot. Often used in a negative sense.
- Hắn đầy mưu mô. (He is full of schemes.)
- Quỷ quyệt (adj): devilishly cunning, crafty. A stronger, more negative synonym.
- Xảo quyệt (adj): deceitfully cunning, sly.
Synonyms
- Cunning: Skilled in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
- Wily: Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
- Shrewd: Having or showing sharp powers of judgment; can be positive or negative, but often astute.
- Crafty: Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.
- Scheming: Given to making secret or underhand plans.
Antonyms
- Thật thà (adj): honest, straightforward.
- Ngay thẳng (adj): upright, righteous.
- Chân thành (adj): sincere, genuine.
Related Idioms
- While "đa mưu" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it relates to the concept of:
- Mưu sâu kế hiểm: Deep schemes and dangerous plots. Describes extremely cunning and treacherous plans.
- Kẻ thù dùng những mưu sâu kế hiểm. (The enemy used deep and dangerous schemes.)