Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Soaring / Flying very high: Describes something, often a bird or an aircraft, flying at a great altitude or with an upward, graceful trajectory.
   • Lofty / High-flown / High-faluting: Describes language, ideas, or thoughts that are excessively elaborate, fanciful, idealistic, or detached from practical reality.

2. Verb (used with 'bay'):

   • To soar / To fly high: The combined phrase "bay bổng" functions as a verb phrase indicating the action of flying in a high, soaring manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Chim đại bàng bay bổng trên đỉnh núi. (The eagle soars high above the mountain peak.)
  • Lời văn của anh ấy quá bay bổng, thiếu thực tế. (His writing is too high-flown, lacking practicality.)
  • Những ước mơ bay bổng của tuổi trẻ. (The lofty dreams of youth.)

• Verb phrase:

  • Chiếc diều đang bay bổng trong gió. (The kite is soaring high in the wind.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in literary or artistic criticism to describe a style that is beautifully imaginative but potentially lacking in substance or connection to real life.
  • Bài thơ có ngôn từ bay bổng nhưng ý tứ mơ hồ. (The poem has soaring language but vague meaning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bay (v): to fly.

  • Máy bay đang bay. (The airplane is flying.)

• Bổng (adj): This word is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese but contributes the meaning of "high-pitched" (in sound) or "lofty" when combined with "bay".

Synonyms

• Soaring: flying or rising high in the air.
• Lofty: of imposing height; elevated in style, tone, or sentiment.
• High-flown: (of language or ideas) extravagant and grand-sounding.
• Fanciful: over-imaginative and unrealistic.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Tư tưởng bay bổng: Lofty / fanciful ideas.

  • Đừng có tư tưởng bay bổng, hãy tập trung vào công việc thực tế. (Don't have fanciful ideas; focus on practical work.)

• Bay bổng tâm hồn: For the soul to soar (often used for the uplifting feeling from music or art).

  • Bản nhạc khiến tâm hồn tôi bay bổng. (The piece of music made my soul soar.)

1. Fly very high
2. High-faluting
   • Văn chương bay bổng
     High-faluting literature