鲁莽

lǔ mǎng · HSK 7

hot-headed

🐂💨 鲁 blunt/crass + 莽 wild overgrown grass = barreling ahead recklessly

莽 first meant thick wild undergrowth, then came to mean untamed and rash; 鲁 carries the sense of blunt and crude. Glued together they describe someone who charges ahead hot-headed, without thinking.

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