Definition

Noun (used as a supplementary element in a sentence) 1. One's lifetime, one's whole life: Refers to the entire duration of a person's existence. 2. One's (innate) strength, one's vital force: Refers to one's inherent physical capacity or life force.

Usage

• "Bình sinh" is a literary and somewhat formal word, rarely used in everyday conversation. It functions as a noun but is primarily used to modify other nouns (like - strength) or to provide temporal context for a statement about a person's lifelong character or actions.
• It is often used in set phrases.

Usage Examples

• Modifying a statement about lifelong character:
  • Bình sinh, ông ấy là người rất nhân hậu. (In his lifetime / All his life, he was a very kind person.)
• In the phrase "sức bình sinh":
  • Anh ta phải dồn hết sức bình sinh để đẩy chiếc xe. (He had to muster all his strength to push the car.)
  • Cô ấy chiến đấu bằng sức bình sinh cuối cùng. (She fought with the last of her strength / her vital force.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hết sức bình sinh": An adverbial phrase meaning "with all one's might," "using every ounce of one's strength."
  • Người lính gầm lên hết sức bình sinh. (The soldier roared with all his might.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cả đời: (Common synonym) One's whole life.
  • Ông ấy cả đời tận tụy với khoa học. (He devoted his whole life to science.)
• Sinh bình: (Archaic, rarely used) A reversed form with the same core meaning as "bình sinh," referring to one's lifetime or normal life.

Synonyms

• Cả đời: All one's life, lifetime.
• Suốt đời: Throughout one's life.
• Toàn bộ cuộc đời: The entirety of one's life.
• Sức lực: Strength, effort (when referring to "sức bình sinh").

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Sức cùng lực kiệt": To be completely exhausted, at the end of one's tether. This is a common idiom describing a state of total fatigue, which is the result of using "hết sức bình sinh."
  • Sau trận đấu, các cầu thủ đã sức cùng lực kiệt. (After the match, the players were completely exhausted.)

1. danh từ (dùng làm phần phụ trong câu)
2. Lifetime
   • sức bình sinh
     all one's strength
   • phải đem hết sức bình sinh mới nhấc nổi quả tạ
     he had to use all his strength to lift the weight