Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Harmonious, united, in concord: Describes a state of living together in peace, agreement, and mutual affection, often within a family or community.
   • Going together hand in hand, side by side: Describes the action of walking together in a close, supportive, and unified manner.

2. Adverb:

   • Together, in unison: Used to describe an action performed jointly and harmoniously by a group.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Gia đình họ sống rất đề huề. (Their family lives in great harmony.)
  • Hai người bạn đi đề huề trên con đường làng. (The two friends walked side by side on the village road.)

• Adverb:

  • Cả nhà đề huề ra sân đón Tết. (The whole family went out to the yard together to welcome Tet.)

Advanced Usage

• "đề huề sum họp": To gather together harmoniously (often for a happy occasion like a reunion).

  • Dịp Tết, gia đình tôi lại đề huề sum họp. (During Tet, my family gathers together harmoniously for a reunion.)

• "con cháu đề huề": To have a large, harmonious family with many children and grandchildren.

  • Cụ bà ấy nay đã con cháu đề huề. (That elderly lady now has a large, harmonious family of children and grandchildren.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đoàn tụ (v): To reunite. (Focuses on the act of coming together again.)
• Hòa thuận (adj): Harmonious, amicable. (A more common synonym for a peaceful relationship.)
• Quây quần (v): To gather around, to cluster together. (Emphasizes the physical act of gathering closely.)

Synonyms

• Hòa hợp: To be in harmony, compatible.
• Đầm ấm: Warm and cozy (often describing family atmosphere).
• Chung sống hòa bình: To live together in peace.

Related Phrases

• Sống đề huề: To live in harmony.

  • Hai gia đình láng giềng sống rất đề huề với nhau. (The two neighboring families live in great harmony with each other.)

• Đi đề huề: To go/walk together (in a close, unified way).

  • Lũ trẻ đi đề huề đến trường. (The children walked together to school.)

Related Idioms

• "Trên kính dưới nhường": (Literally: Those above are respectful, those below are yielding.) This idiom describes the ideal harmonious and respectful relationships within a family, which is the essence of a state described as đề huề.
  • Nhờ có tình cảm trên kính dưới nhường mà gia đình họ lúc nào cũng đề huề. (Thanks to their respectful and yielding affection, their family is always harmonious.)

1. Go in crowds
   • Con cháu đề huề
     To have crowds of children and grandchildren
2. (cũ) Be in harmony