ân nghĩa
Noun: - Gratitude, indebtedness: A deep feeling of thankfulness and moral obligation resulting from a favor or kindness received. It implies a lasting sense of debt and the bond created by the benefaction. - Favor and righteousness: The profound sentiment and reciprocal duty arising from mutual kindness and moral obligation within a relationship.
The word ân nghĩa is a Sino-Vietnamese compound noun, used in formal, literary, or deeply emotional contexts to describe a profound, lasting bond of gratitude and moral duty. It is stronger and more binding than simple "gratitude" (lòng biết ơn). It often describes the feeling of a recipient towards a benefactor and the enduring relationship it creates. - It is commonly used with verbs like mang (to carry/bear), có (to have), đền đáp (to repay), and nhớ (to remember). - It frequently appears in the fixed phrase ân nghĩa nặng sâu (deep and heavy gratitude).
- (He bears a deep feeling of gratitude in his heart towards the person who saved his life.)
- (The two families live together with mutual favor and righteousness.)
- (To be a proper person, one must know how to repay gratitude.)
- Ân nghĩa can be used to describe the foundational virtue in Confucian-influenced relationships, such as between ruler and subject, parent and child, or teacher and student.
- It is a key concept in Vietnamese folk culture, often highlighted in proverbs, (folk poetry), and classical literature, emphasizing the moral imperative to "repay gratitude" ().
- Ơn nghĩa (n): A near-synonym, often used interchangeably with ân nghĩa, though sometimes perceived as slightly less literary.
- Ân tình (n): Kindness and sentiment; emphasizes the emotional affection within the favor, alongside the obligation.
- Ân nhân (n): Benefactor; the person who bestows the favor creating the ân nghĩa.
- Bội nghĩa (v): To be ungrateful; to betray the ân nghĩa.
- Lòng biết ơn: Gratitude, thankfulness (a more general and commonly used term).
- Nghĩa tình: Righteous sentiment and affection (focuses more on the emotional bond).
- Tình nghĩa: Sentiment and righteousness (similar to ).
- Ăn ở có ân có nghĩa: To live and behave with mutual favor and righteousness; to treat each other with deep kindness and fulfill moral duties.
- Mang nặng ân nghĩa: To bear a heavy debt of gratitude.
- Đền ơn đáp nghĩa / Báo ân báo nghĩa: To repay favors and righteousness; to require kindness.
- Vong ân bội nghĩa: To forget favors and betray righteousness; to be utterly ungrateful.
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Feeling of gratitude (for favour received..)
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mang nặng ân nghĩa trong lòngto entertain a feeling of gratitude deep in one's heart
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