ai oán
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Plaintive; mournful; lamenting: Expressing sorrow, grief, or a gentle, sad complaint. It describes a tone, sound, or feeling that is deeply sad and full of regret or sorrowful accusation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Giọng nói của cô ấy nghe thật ai oán. (Her voice sounded truly plaintive.)
- Những bài hát dân gian đầy ai oán. (The folk songs are full of lament.)
- Tiếng đàn bầu cất lên ai oán. (The sound of the monochord rose, mournful and plaintive.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "ai oán" often carries a poetic or literary weight, used to describe not just sound but also an atmosphere or a state of heart that blends sadness with a sense of grievance or unspoken blame.
- Bầu không khí ai oán bao trùm cảnh chiến trường. (A plaintive, mournful atmosphere enveloped the battlefield scene.)
Variants and Related Words
Than ai oán (v): to lament plaintively; to utter mournful complaints.
- Bà cụ ngồi than ai oán số phận. (The old woman sat lamenting her fate plaintively.)
Lời ai oán (n): a plaintive lament; words of sorrowful complaint.
- Lời ai oán của người phụ nữ ấy khiến ai cũng thương cảm. (That woman's plaintive lament made everyone feel compassion.)
Synonyms
- Plaintive: Sorrowful and mournful, often in a gentle, complaining way.
- Lamenting: Expressing passionate grief.
- Mournful: Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness or grief.
- Sorrowful: Full of or feeling sorrow.
Related Idioms
- While "ai oán" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the core sentiment in phrases describing lamentation.
- Khúc ai oán: a plaintive melody; a lament.
- Khúc ai oán của người nghệ sĩ làm lay động trái tim người nghe. (The artist's plaintive melody stirred the hearts of the listeners.)
adj
- Plaintive
- giọng ai oánplaintive voice
- tiếng khóc than ai oánplaintive lamentations