愚蠢

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

含义

Stupid; foolish; idiotic. Describes a serious lack of intelligence, judgment, or wisdom — in decisions, actions, or thinking.

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.

例句

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。

用法指南

语境: criticism, analysis, history, strategy

语气: critical

正确说法

• 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.)

错误说法

• 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

起源与历史

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.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal