Definition

1. Noun:
   • Great aristocratic family, noble lineage: Historically refers to a large, influential, and wealthy family with high social status, often holding power or nobility.
   • Tycoon, magnate, extremely wealthy individual: In modern usage, it commonly refers to a person who possesses immense wealth and significant economic influence.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy xuất thân từ một đại gia có truyền thống lâu đời. (He comes from a great aristocratic family with a long tradition.)
  • Vị đại gia bất động sản mới mua một chiếc du thuyền sang trọng. (The real estate tycoon just bought a luxurious yacht.)
  • Giới đại gia thường đầu tư vào các tác phẩm nghệ thuật đắt giá. (Tycoons often invest in expensive artworks.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đại gia ngành..." (Tycoon of the... industry): Used to specify the sector in which a magnate has wealth and influence.
  • Ông được mệnh danh là đại gia ngành thép. (He is known as the steel industry tycoon.)
• Implied meaning of "new money" or "conspicuous consumption": The term can sometimes carry a nuance of newly acquired, often ostentatious wealth, as opposed to old, inherited aristocratic wealth.

Variants and Related Words

• Gia tộc (n): Clan, family lineage.
  • Gia tộc họ có lịch sử hàng trăm năm. (Their clan has a history of hundreds of years.)
• Tỷ phú (n): Billionaire. (A more neutral, quantitative term for extreme wealth).
  • Danh sách tỷ phú thế giới năm nay có nhiều gương mặt mới. (This year's world billionaire list has many new faces.)
• Đại điền chủ (n): Landlord, large landowner. (A historical term for a wealthy landowner).

Synonyms

• Nhà giàu có: Wealthy person/family.
• Trọc phú: Nouveau riche (often used pejoratively to imply lack of culture or taste despite wealth).
• Magnate / Tycoon: (English equivalents for the modern meaning).

Related Phrases

• Giới đại gia: The circle/class of tycoons, the super-rich.
  • Bữa tiệc chỉ dành riêng cho giới đại gia. (The party was exclusively for the super-rich.)
• Lối sống đại gia: A tycoon's lifestyle (implying luxury and extravagance).
  • Anh ta nổi tiếng với lối sống đại gia xa hoa. (He is famous for his extravagant tycoon lifestyle.)

Related Idioms

• "Một người làm quan, cả họ được nhờ": (When one person becomes a mandarin, the whole family benefits). This idiom reflects the historical power and influence of a "great family" (đại gia) in a traditional sense.
• "Tiền rừng bạc bể": (Money like forests, silver like seas). An idiom describing immense wealth, often associated with the modern meaning of .

1. Great aristocratic family