Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rest in peace: To be at eternal rest, free from disturbance. This verb is used almost exclusively to refer to the peaceful, final rest of the deceased.
   • To lie at rest: To be buried or interred in a permanent, tranquil place.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cầu cho linh hồn ông được an nghỉ. (May his soul rest in peace.)
  • Người du kích anh hùng ấy mãi mãi an nghỉ trong nghĩa trang liệt sĩ. (That heroic guerilla lies at rest for ever and ever in the martyrs' cemetery.)
  • Đây là nơi an nghỉ của tổ tiên chúng tôi. (This is the resting place of our ancestors.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is formal and solemn, used in eulogies, epitaphs, and obituaries. It carries a connotation of dignity, peace, and finality.
• It is the standard Vietnamese translation for the Latin phrase "Requiescat in pace" (R.I.P.).

Variants and Related Words

• Yên nghỉ (verb): A synonym with identical meaning and usage ( is sometimes noted as a slightly older form of ).
  • Hãy để bà ấy được yên nghỉ. (Let her rest in peace.)
• Nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng (noun phrase): Final resting place.
  • Nghĩa trang là nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng của ông ấy. (The cemetery is his final resting place.)

Synonyms

• Rest in peace: The most direct equivalent.
• Lie at rest: A formal synonym.
• Be at peace: Emphasizes the state of tranquility.

Related Idioms

• An giấc nghìn thu: (To sleep the eternal sleep) A poetic and literary idiom with the same meaning as .
  • Người lính ấy đã an giấc nghìn thu nơi chiến trường xưa. (That soldier sleeps the eternal sleep on the old battlefield.)

verb

1. To rest in peace and quiet
   • nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng
     The last home, the last resting-place
   • người du kích anh hùng ấy mãi mãi an nghỉ trong nghĩa trang liệt sĩ
     that heroic guerilla lies at rest for ever and ever in the martyrs' cemetery
   • cầu cho Mary an nghỉ
     Mary RIP (requiescant in pace)