ban sơ
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Definition
Adjective:
- Initial, original, primal: Describes the very first or earliest stage of something, its fundamental starting point before any changes or developments.
- Primitive, primordial: Pertaining to a simple, undeveloped, or elemental state from the beginning.
Noun (less common):
- The beginning, the outset: Refers to the starting period or initial phase of a process, event, or state.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Vẻ đẹp ban sơ của khu rừng vẫn được giữ nguyên. (The pristine/original beauty of the forest is still preserved.)
- Họ quay lại cảm xúc ban sơ khi mới yêu nhau. (They returned to the initial feelings from when they first fell in love.)
- Noun:
- Mọi thứ ở ban sơ đều đơn giản. (Everything at the outset was simple.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary, philosophical, or reflective contexts to evoke a sense of origin, purity, or simplicity that may have been lost over time.
- Can describe abstract concepts like emotions, thoughts, or states of being in their most fundamental form.
Variants and Related Words
- Ban đầu (adj): Initial, first. More common in everyday speech than "ban sơ."
- Kế hoạch ban đầu đã thay đổi. (The initial plan has changed.)
- Sơ khai (adj): Rudimentary, in an early stage of development.
- Nền văn minh sơ khai (a rudimentary civilization).
Synonyms
- Initial: Existing at the beginning.
- Original: Present from the start; not a copy.
- Primordial: Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.
- Primal: Relating to an early stage in development; fundamental.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Thuở ban sơ: In the primordial/dawn time. A poetic phrase often used to begin stories or describe a distant, original past.
- Thuở ban sơ, trái đất còn hoang sơ. (In primordial times, the earth was still wild.)
- Beginning stage, outset