Definition

1. Noun:
   • The three existences: A concept from Buddhist philosophy referring to the three consecutive lifetimes of a sentient being within the cycle of rebirth: the past life, the present life, and the future life.
   • Eternal love, predestined bond: A deep, fated relationship or karmic debt (often romantic) believed to span across these three existences.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Họ tin rằng mình có duyên nợ ba sinh. (They believe they share a predestined bond spanning three existences.)
  • Câu chuyện tình của họ như được định sẵn từ kiếp ba sinh. (Their love story seems to have been ordained since the three existences.)

Advanced Usage

• "Duyên nợ ba sinh": A very common, almost fixed, literary phrase meaning "a karmic bond/debt of three existences" or "a predestined, eternal love/fate."
  • Thơ ca Việt Nam thường nhắc đến mối duyên nợ ba sinh. (Vietnamese poetry often mentions the karmic bond of three existences.)
• The term ba sinh is primarily used in a poetic, literary, or philosophical context to evoke deep, timeless connection and is rarely used in isolation in everyday modern conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tam sinh (n): A synonym with identical meaning (tam = three, sinh = life/existence). This variant is also literary.
• Tiền kiếp (n): Past life.
• Hậu kiếp (n): Future life.
• Luân hồi (n): Reincarnation, the cycle of rebirth.

Synonyms

• Nhân duyên tiền định: Predestined affinity/karma.
• Duyên nợ: Karmic bond/debt (a shorter, more common form of "duyên nợ ba sinh").

Related Idioms

• "Duyên nợ ba sinh đã trả xong": The karmic debt of three lives has been repaid. (Implies a profound relationship, often tumultuous, has reached its destined conclusion.)
  • Sau bao năm tháng, có lẽ duyên nợ ba sinh của họ đã trả xong. (After so many years, perhaps their karmic debt of three lives has been repaid.)

noun

1. The three existences, eternal love
   • duyên nợ ba sinh
     A foreordained relationship of eternal love