chùa
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Definition
- Noun:
- Pagoda; Buddhist temple: A building or complex of buildings dedicated to Buddhist worship, meditation, and monastic life. It is a place where Buddha is venerated.
- Something communal or free (colloquial): Used to describe resources, money, or items that are considered communal, public, or free for use, implying a lack of personal ownership or responsibility.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chúng tôi đi lễ chùa vào mỗi dịp đầu năm. (We visit the pagoda for worship at the start of every new year.)
- Đây là tiền chùa, đừng có tiêu phung phí. (This is free money/common funds, don't spend it wastefully.)
- Khu vực này vắng như chùa bà Đanh. (This area is deserted/unpopulated.)
Advanced Usage
- The word can be used metaphorically to describe extreme emptiness or lack of people, as in the idiom "vắng như chùa bà Đanh" (as deserted as Bà Đanh Pagoda).
- In colloquial contexts, it criticizes the attitude of being careless with shared resources, e.g., "của chùa" (communal property).
Variants and Related Words
- Đi chùa (v): to go to the pagoda/temple (for worship).
- Chùa chiền (n): temples and pagodas (general term for Buddhist religious buildings).
- Kiến trúc chùa chiền ở miền Bắc rất cổ kính. (The architecture of temples in the North is very ancient.)
Synonyms
- Pagoda: A Buddhist temple, often tiered.
- Temple: A building for religious worship (general, but commonly used for Buddhist contexts).
- Monastery: A building where monks live (can be part of a chùa complex).
Related Idioms
- Chùa nát bụt vàng: Literally "a dilapidated pagoda, a golden Buddha." Means a good heart or valuable essence within a humble or poor exterior.
- Con người ấy đúng là chùa nát bụt vàng. (That person is truly a golden Buddha in a dilapidated pagoda.)
- Bụt chùa nhà không thiêng: Literally "The Buddha in one's own home pagoda is not sacred." Similar to "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country."
- Anh ta được khen ngợi ở nước ngoài, đúng là bụt chùa nhà không thiêng. (He is praised abroad, truly a prophet is not without honor in his own country.)
- Ăn cơm nhà làm việc chùa: To "eat at home but work for the pagoda." Means to work for a common or external cause without personal benefit, or to be exploited.
- Lương thấp quá, tôi cảm thấy như đang ăn cơm nhà làm việc chùa vậy. (The salary is too low; I feel like I'm working for free/being exploited.)
noun
- Pagoda
- chùa nát bụt vàng, chùa rách bụt vànga golden Buddha in a dilapidated pagoda
- vắng như chùa bà Đanhunpopulated like the desert