bất tường

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ill-omened, ominous: Describes something that is considered a bad sign, foretelling misfortune or disaster.
   • Inauspicious, unlucky: Indicates something that brings or suggests bad luck.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mọi người đều lo sợ trước những điềm bất tường. (Everyone was fearful of the ill-omened signs.)
  • Giấc mơ đó thật sự bất tường. (That dream was truly ominous.)
  • Không khí trong phòng đột nhiên trở nên bất tường. (The atmosphere in the room suddenly became inauspicious.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily used in formal, literary, or traditional contexts, often related to superstition, prophecy, or a sense of foreboding.
• It is frequently paired with nouns like "điềm" (sign/omen), "dấu hiệu" (sign), or "giấc mơ" (dream) to describe a specific portent.
  • Nhà tiên tri cảnh báo về những dấu hiệu bất tường từ phương Bắc. (The prophet warned of ominous signs from the North.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bất lành (adj): A near-synonym meaning "unlucky" or "inauspicious," though slightly less formal than "bất tường."
• Gở (adj): Means "ominous" or "weird," often used in similar superstitious contexts.
• Xui xẻo (adj): Means "unlucky," but is more casual and general, not specifically tied to omens.

Synonyms

• Đen đủi: Unlucky, jinxed.
• Xấu: Bad (can be used in a general sense, but "bất tường" is more specific to foretelling).
• Tai họa: Disastrous, calamitous (emphasizes the resulting disaster rather than the sign).

Antonyms

• Tốt lành: Auspicious, good.
• May mắn: Lucky, fortunate.
• Cát tường: (Literary) Auspicious, propitious.

Học thuật

adj

1. Ill-omened, ominous
   • điềm bất tường
     an ominous sign