Definition

1. Verb:
   • To teem; to overflow; to be pervasive: Describes a quality, feeling, or atmosphere that spreads widely and fills a space, becoming present everywhere in a diffuse and abundant manner. It often conveys a sense of something intangible (like spirit, emotion, or light) permeating an environment.
   • To be suffused; to be imbued: Indicates that something is thoroughly filled or saturated with a particular feeling or characteristic.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Khí anh hùng bàng bạc khắp non sông. (Heroic spirit teems throughout the mountains and rivers of the land.)
  • Tình yêu người và yêu đất nước bàng bạc trong tác phẩm. (Love for people and for the country suffuses the work.)
  • Ánh trăng bàng bạc khắp mặt hồ. (The moonlight is spread diffusely all over the lake surface.)

Advanced Usage

• "bàng bạc" is primarily used in literary and formal contexts to describe abstract, pervasive qualities. It is not typically used for physical objects or literal flooding.
  • Một nỗi buồn man mác bàng bạc trong thơ ông. (A vague sadness pervades his poetry.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lan tỏa (verb): to spread, to diffuse. While similar, "lan tỏa" can be used in both abstract and more concrete contexts and is more common in modern usage.
• Tràn ngập (verb): to flood, to overwhelm. This word suggests a more intense, all-encompassing presence, often with a physical connotation.

Synonyms

• Pervade: to spread through and be present in every part of.
• Suffuse: to gradually spread through or over.
• Imbue: to inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
• Permeate: to spread throughout.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• While "bàng bạc" itself is not commonly part of fixed idioms, it frequently appears in poetic descriptions of nature or emotion.
  • Sương khuya bàng bạc. (The late-night mist lies diffuse.)

verb

1. Teem, overflow
   • khí anh hùng bàng bạc khắp non sông
     heroism overflows in mountains and rivers of the land
   • tình yêu người và yêu đất nước bàng bạc trong tác phẩm
     the work teems with humanity and patriotism