莽汉

莽漢
mǎnghàn
noun #36,425

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 a boorish/reckless man
  2. 2 rough fellow
  3. 3 hothead

Examples

Tā shì gè bú dòng nǎozi de mǎnghàn.
He's a thoughtless, reckless brute.
Mǎnghàn zuòshì, wǎngwǎng hòuguǒ yánzhòng.
When a hothead acts, the consequences are often serious.

Tips

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莽汉 is mildly negative — a man who is rude, impulsive, and physically aggressive but not malicious. Think 'meathead'. The character originally meant 'tall thick grass', extended to 'rash, uncultivated'.

Stroke Order

mǎng
hàn