愚蠢

• 병음: yú chǔn
• 한자 분석: 愚 = 禺 + 心 (monkey + heart — foolish thinking); 蠢 = 春 + 虫虫 (spring + two insects — insects moving blindly, hence stupidity)

뜻

어리석다; 멍청하다

A strong negative judgment, stronger than 笨 (dull/slow) and less forgiving than 幼稚 (immature). Can describe a person's inherent intellectual capacity, a specific decision, or a policy. In formal writing often refers to strategically misguided decisions rather than intellectual capacity. Saying someone is 愚蠢 is a serious insult, but calling a decision or policy 愚蠢 is common in critical analysis.

예문

1. 历史上许多战略灾难都源于领导者愚蠢的傲慢和对情报的忽视。
2. 这项定价政策推出三个月就被迫撤回，被认为是愚蠢决策。
3. 苏格拉底说，真正愚蠢的人不是无知，而是自以为有知识却不知道自己无知。

사용 가이드

맥락: criticism, analysis, history, strategy

어조: critical

올바른 표현

• 回顾这段历史，政府在早期预警面前仍坚持原政策，是难以辩护的愚蠢。(Looking back on this history, the government's insistence on the original policy despite early warnings was a foolishness that is hard to defend.)
• 在这个案例里，双方几乎同时背叛，是囚徒困境中的愚蠢选择。(In this case, both sides betrayed almost at the same time, which was a foolish choice in the prisoner's dilemma.)

피해야 할 표현

• 你真愚蠢 — directly calling a person 愚蠢 is a severe insult in Chinese; even in heated arguments use 怎么这么不动脑子 (why don't you think) or 这个决定不明智 (this decision is unwise) to criticize behavior without attacking personhood

기원과 역사

愚 (foolish — 禺 a type of monkey + 心 heart; a monkey-like heart) + 蠢 (stupid — 春 spring + 虫 insect ×2; insects waking in spring, moving about blindly). Together: utterly lacking in wisdom.

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal