Definition

Noun: - The way home; the route leading back to one's home or place of origin. It refers to the physical path or journey taken to return to a starting point, often carrying emotional connotations of nostalgia, belonging, or completion.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời tối rồi, chúng ta nên tìm đường về. (It's dark now, we should find our way home.)
  • Anh ấy đã quên đường về nhà sau nhiều năm xa cách. (He had forgotten the way home after many years away.)
  • Con đường về quê tôi rất đẹp. (The road back to my hometown is very beautiful.)

Advanced Usage

• "lạc đường về": to lose one's way home.

  • Đứa trẻ sợ hãi vì lạc đường về. (The child was scared because it lost its way home.)

• "chỉ đường về": to show/direct the way home.

  • Người cảnh sát tốt bụng đã chỉ đường về cho tôi. (The kind police officer showed me the way home.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đường (noun): road, path, way.
• Về (verb): to return, to go/come back.
• Lối về (noun): a synonym for "đường về," meaning the way/path back.

Synonyms

• Lối về: the way/path back.
• Đường trở về: the return road/route.

Related Phrases

• Tìm đường về nhà: to find one's way home.

  • Sau buổi tiệc, cô ấy cố gắng tìm đường về nhà. (After the party, she tried to find her way home.)

• Mở đường về: to open/pave the way back (can be used literally or figuratively).

  • Chiến thắng này mở đường về cho hòa bình. (This victory paves the way back to peace.)

Related Idioms

• "Có tiền mua tiên cũng được, huống chi tìm đường về.": A proverb emphasizing that with money, one can achieve anything, even finding a way back (implying solving a difficult problem). It is used to highlight the power of money.

  • Anh ta tin rằng có tiền mua tiên cũng được, huống chi tìm đường về. (He believes that with money you can even buy a fairy, let alone find a way back.)

• "Đường về nơi ấy...": A common poetic and lyrical phrase meaning "The way back to that place...", often used in songs and poems to evoke sentiment about a remembered location.

  • Đường về nơi ấy giờ đã xa lắm rồi. (The way back to that place is now very distant.)

noun

1. way home