Hồ trần
Definition
- Noun:
- The dusty world; the mundane world of desires and attachments: A Buddhist and literary term referring to the ordinary, material world, which is characterized by dust, passions, illusions, and suffering. It implies a realm of impermanence and distraction from spiritual purity.
- A metaphor for secular life and its troubles: Used to describe the noisy, bustling, and troublesome affairs of everyday human life.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy muốn rời bỏ hồ trần để tìm sự bình yên trong tâm hồn. (He wants to leave the dusty world to find peace in his soul.)
- Cuộc sống hồ trần đầy những lo toan và phiền muộn. (Life in the mundane world is full of worries and sorrows.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in poetic, philosophical, or religious contexts to contrast the pure, enlightened state (nirvana, the Buddha realm) with the impure, suffering state of ordinary existence.
Variants and Related Words
- Trần gian (n): the mortal world, the human world. A more common synonym with a similar meaning.
- Trần gian này có nhiều đau khổ. (This mortal world has much suffering.)
- Trần tục (adj/n): secular, worldly; secular life.
- Những ham muốn trần tục. (Worldly desires.)
Synonyms
- The mortal world: The world of human life and death.
- The secular world: The world concerned with material rather than spiritual matters.
- The dusty world: A direct metaphorical translation emphasizing impurity and illusion.
Related Idioms
- Bụi hồng: Literally "pink dust," a poetic term for the troubles and attachments of romantic love and worldly life.
- Vướng vào bụi hồng. (To be entangled in the dust of passion.)