bất tường
Definition
- 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.
adj
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Ill-omened, ominous
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điềm bất tườngan ominous sign
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