Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sustainable: The most common modern meaning, describing development, systems, or practices that meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
   • Durable / Long-lasting: Describing something that is strong, stable, and able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage over a long period.
   • Enduring / Unshakeable: Describing abstract concepts like relationships, feelings, or regimes that are firm, steadfast, and resistant to change or decay.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Phát triển bền vững là mục tiêu quan trọng. (Sustainable development is an important goal.)
  • Tình bạn của họ thật sự bền vững. (Their friendship is truly enduring.)
  • Vật liệu này rất bền vững, có thể dùng hàng chục năm. (This material is very durable and can be used for decades.)

Advanced Usage

• "bền vững về môi trường": environmentally sustainable.

  • Chúng ta cần hướng tới một nền nông nghiệp bền vững về môi trường. (We need to move towards an environmentally sustainable agriculture.)

• "tính bền vững" (noun): sustainability, durability.

  • Tính bền vững của dự án đang được đánh giá. (The project's sustainability is being assessed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bền (adj): durable, long-wearing. Focuses more on physical endurance.

  • Chiếc áo này rất bền màu. (This shirt is colorfast.)

• Vững (adj): firm, stable, steady. Focuses more on stability and solidity.

  • Anh ấy đứng rất vững. (He is standing very firmly.)

Synonyms

• Sustainable: Capable of being maintained at a certain rate or level.
• Durable: Able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage.
• Enduring: Lasting over a long period; abiding.
• Stable: Not likely to change or fail; firmly established.

Related Idioms

• Bền vững như bức tường đồng: As unshakeable as a brass/copper wall. This idiom emphasizes extreme solidity and permanence.
  • Lòng tin của nhân dân bền vững như bức tường đồng. (The people's faith is as unshakeable as a brass wall.)

adj

1. Unshakeable
   • bền vững như bức tường đồng
     unshakeable like a brass wall