an nghỉ
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To rest in peace: To be at eternal rest, free from disturbance. This verb is used almost exclusively to refer to the peaceful, final rest of the deceased.
- To lie at rest: To be buried or interred in a permanent, tranquil place.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cầu cho linh hồn ông được an nghỉ. (May his soul rest in peace.)
- Người du kích anh hùng ấy mãi mãi an nghỉ trong nghĩa trang liệt sĩ. (That heroic guerilla lies at rest for ever and ever in the martyrs' cemetery.)
- Đây là nơi an nghỉ của tổ tiên chúng tôi. (This is the resting place of our ancestors.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is formal and solemn, used in eulogies, epitaphs, and obituaries. It carries a connotation of dignity, peace, and finality.
- It is the standard Vietnamese translation for the Latin phrase "Requiescat in pace" (R.I.P.).
Variants and Related Words
- Yên nghỉ (verb): A synonym with identical meaning and usage ( is sometimes noted as a slightly older form of ).
- Hãy để bà ấy được yên nghỉ. (Let her rest in peace.)
- Nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng (noun phrase): Final resting place.
- Nghĩa trang là nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng của ông ấy. (The cemetery is his final resting place.)
Synonyms
- Rest in peace: The most direct equivalent.
- Lie at rest: A formal synonym.
- Be at peace: Emphasizes the state of tranquility.
Related Idioms
- An giấc nghìn thu: (To sleep the eternal sleep) A poetic and literary idiom with the same meaning as .
- Người lính ấy đã an giấc nghìn thu nơi chiến trường xưa. (That soldier sleeps the eternal sleep on the old battlefield.)
verb
- To rest in peace and quiet
- nơi an nghỉ cuối cùngThe last home, the last resting-place
- người du kích anh hùng ấy mãi mãi an nghỉ trong nghĩa trang liệt sĩthat heroic guerilla lies at rest for ever and ever in the martyrs' cemetery
- cầu cho Mary an nghỉMary RIP (requiescant in pace)