Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable, competent, and responsible (especially in managing household or work matters): Describes a person, typically a woman, who is skillful, reliable, and takes good care of family duties, work, or tasks.
   • Industrious, enterprising: Suggests a proactive and resourceful nature in handling responsibilities.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chị ấy là một người phụ nữ rất đảm đang, vừa lo việc cơ quan vừa chăm sóc gia đình chu đáo. (She is a very capable woman, managing both her office work and taking meticulous care of her family.)
  • Anh ấy rất đảm đang trong việc sửa chữa đồ đạc trong nhà. (He is very competent at repairing things around the house.)
  • Cô ấy đảm đang mọi việc từ nấu ăn đến quản lý tài chính. (She capably handles everything from cooking to managing finances.)

Advanced Usage

• "gánh vác đảm đang": to shoulder and competently manage (responsibilities).

  • Cô ấy đã gánh vác đảm đang mọi trách nhiệm gia đình. (She has shouldered and competently managed all family responsibilities.)

• Used in historical/social contexts, such as the "Ba đảm đang" (Three Responsibilities) movement, highlighting the multifaceted roles and resilience of Vietnamese women.

Variants and Related Words

• Đảm (verb, less common standalone): to undertake, to assume responsibility. Often seen in compound words.
• Đảm đương (verb): to undertake, to assume (a duty, role). This is a close synonym but is a verb.
  • Cô ấy đảm đương vai trò trưởng phòng. (She undertakes the role of department head.)
• Đảm nhiệm (verb): to hold a position, to be in charge of.
  • Anh ấy đảm nhiệm công việc đào tạo. (He is in charge of training work.)

Synonyms

• Có năng lực: capable, competent.
• Chịu trách nhiệm: responsible.
• Gánh vác: to shoulder (responsibilities).
• Tháo vát: resourceful, handy.

Related Phrases

• Người nội trợ đảm đang: a capable homemaker/housewife.
• Đảm đang việc nước, việc nhà: competently managing both national and household affairs (a common phrase praising women's roles).

Related Idioms

• "Giỏi việc nước, đảm việc nhà": (Proverb) Excellent in national affairs, capable in household duties. Used to praise women's dual contributions.
  • Người phụ nữ Việt Nam luôn được ca ngợi với câu "giỏi việc nước, đảm việc nhà". (Vietnamese women are always praised with the phrase "excellent in national affairs, capable in household duties.")

1. như đảm
   • Ba đảm đang
     "Three responsibilities" movement (launched during the antiaggression was, in which Vietnamese women assumed responsibility for the household, production and fighting in their menfolk's place)