bao dai

bao dai

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Definitions
  1. Adjective:
    • Long (in length or duration): "bao dai" describes something that has a great linear extent from one end to the other, or a considerable duration in time.
    • Extensive, lengthy: It can also refer to something that is extensive, prolonged, or takes a long time to complete.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Con đường từ Hà Nội vào Sài Gòn rất bao dai. (The road from Hanoi to Saigon is very long.)
    • Buổi họp hôm nay bao dai quá, tôi thấy mệt. (Today's meeting was too long, I feel tired.)
    • Anh ấy có một bài phát biểu bao dai về tương lai của công ty. (He gave a lengthy speech about the company's future.)
Advanced Usage
  • "bao dai dẳng": This is a common intensified form meaning "protracted," "long-drawn-out," or "persistent" (often with a negative connotation of being tedious or wearisome).
    • Cuộc chiến tranh bao dai dẳng đã gây ra nhiều đau thương. (The protracted war caused much suffering.)
  • Used to describe abstract concepts like processes, struggles, or efforts that are enduring.
    • Sự chờ đợi bao dai khiến cô ấy lo lắng. (The long wait made her anxious.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Dài (adj): The standard and more common word for "long." "Bao dai" is less formal and can carry a slightly more emphatic or descriptive nuance.
  • Lâu dài (adj): Long-lasting, enduring (often for time).
  • Kéo dài (verb): To prolong, to extend, to last (for a duration).
Synonyms
  • Dài: Long.
  • Lâu: Long (in time).
  • Miên man: Prolonged, endless (often for speeches, thoughts).
Related Phrases
  • Bao la: Vast, immense (usually for space like the sky or sea, not for linear length or time).
  • Dài lâu: Lasting, enduring.
Related Idioms
  • Đường bao dai, sức bao bền: A proverb emphasizing that a long road tests one's endurance. It means "The road is long, (but) strength is enduring," similar to "Where there's a will, there's a way" in the context of a long journey or effort.
    • Công việc này khó khăn, nhưng đường bao dai, sức bao bền, chúng ta sẽ thành công. (This work is difficult, but where there's a will there's a way, we will succeed.)