bi khúc
Definition
Noun: - Elegy: A poem, song, or piece of music that expresses sorrow, especially for someone who has died. It is a formal lament, often characterized by a reflective and mournful tone.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nhà thơ đã sáng tác một bi khúc để tưởng nhớ người bạn đã khuất. (The poet composed an elegy to commemorate his departed friend.)
- Bản nhạc đó nghe như một bi khúc đầy ai oán. (That piece of music sounds like a sorrowful elegy.)
- Tác phẩm là một bi khúc về sự mất mát và ký ức. (The work is an elegy about loss and memory.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in literary, musical, and formal contexts to describe artistic expressions of grief and mourning. It conveys a sense of dignified sorrow rather than raw, immediate emotion.
Variants and Related Words
- Ai điếu (noun): A term for a funeral oration or elegiac address, often more specific to a eulogy speech.
- Văn tế (noun): A traditional Vietnamese funeral oration, written in parallel prose, to mourn and praise the deceased. It is a specific cultural form of an elegy.
- Khúc bi ai (noun phrase): A mournful melody or lament; similar in meaning but can be less formal than "bi khúc".
Synonyms
- Bài ca ai oán / Khúc ai ca: A lament, a mournful song.
- Lời than khóc: A lamentation, wailing (focuses more on the act of crying out in grief).
- Điếu văn: A eulogy, funeral oration (focuses on a speech praising the deceased).
Related Phrases
- Hát lên một khúc bi ca: To sing an elegy.
- Bi khúc của một quả phụ: The elegy of a widow.
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Elegy
