Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Well-matched, well-proportioned: Describing elements that are in harmonious balance, symmetry, or appropriate correspondence with each other, often in terms of size, quantity, or arrangement.
   • Symmetrical: Arranged so that one side balances or mirrors the other.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lối bố cục đăng đối. (The layout is well-proportioned.)
  • Hai cánh cửa được thiết kế rất đăng đối. (The two doors are designed very symmetrically.)
  • Sự phân chia công việc giữa họ khá đăng đối. (The division of work between them is quite well-matched.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe aesthetic, architectural, or organizational balance. It implies a deliberate and pleasing equilibrium.

Variants and Related Words

• Cân đối (adj): balanced, proportionate. This is a more common synonym in everyday language.

  • Thiết kế cân đối và hài hòa. (The design is balanced and harmonious.)

• Đối xứng (adj): symmetrical.

  • Khu vườn có tính đối xứng cao. (The garden is highly symmetrical.)

Synonyms

• Proportionate: Corresponding in size or amount to something else.
• Symmetrical: Made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
• Balanced: Keeping or showing a balance; arranged in good proportions.

Related Idioms

• While "đăng đối" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases about balance and harmony, such as "cân bằng hài hòa" (harmonious balance).

1. Well-matched, well- proportioned
   • Lối bố cục đăng đối
     a well-matched(well-proportioned) lay-out
   • đăng đường
2. (cũ)Take one's seat at one's office desk (nói về quan lại)