Definition

Noun: 1. Ice and snow: A compound noun referring to frozen water in its solid state (ice) and frozen atmospheric precipitation (snow). It often describes a landscape or condition. 2. Purity, Chastity: A metaphorical meaning, likening someone's character or morals to the pristine, unblemished quality of ice and snow. This usage is formal and literary.

Usage Examples

• Literal meaning (Ice and snow):
  • Núi cao phủ đầy băng tuyết. (The high mountain is covered in ice and snow.)
  • Thời tiết băng tuyết rất nguy hiểm cho việc di chuyển. (Icy and snowy weather is very dangerous for travel.)
• Figurative meaning (Purity):
  • Tấm lòng băng tuyết của cô ấy khiến mọi người kính trọng. (Her pure heart earns everyone's respect.)
  • Giữ gìn phẩm giá trong trắng băng tuyết. (To maintain a pure and chaste dignity.)

Advanced Usage

• "lòng băng tuyết": A pure/ice-and-snow heart; signifies a heart of great purity and integrity.
  • Bà ấy có một tấm lòng băng tuyết, luôn giúp đỡ người khác. (She has a heart of pure integrity, always helping others.)
• Used in formal, literary, or poetic contexts to elevate the description of someone's virtuous character.

Variants and Related Words

• Băng giá (noun): Frost, icy cold; focuses more on the cold and ice.
• Tuyết trắng (noun): White snow.
• Tinh khiết (adjective): Pure, clean (general term, not specifically metaphorical like ).
• Trinh bạch (adjective): Chaste, pure (specifically regarding moral or sexual purity).

Synonyms

• Băng giá: Frost, ice (for the literal meaning).
• Thuần khiết: Pure, unadulterated (for the figurative meaning).
• Trong trắng: Pure, innocent (for the figurative meaning).

Related Idioms

• "Trắng như tuyết": As white as snow; used literally for color or figuratively for purity.
  • Tâm hồn cô ấy trắng như tuyết. (Her soul is as white as snow.)
• "Lạnh như băng": As cold as ice; describes temperature or a cold personality.
  • Anh ta đối xử với mọi người lạnh như băng. (He treats everyone as cold as ice.)

noun

1. Ice and snow, purity