Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Woeful and majestic at the same time: Describes something that evokes a profound sense of sorrow, tragedy, or pity, yet simultaneously possesses grandeur, heroism, or epic scale. It conveys a deep emotional contrast, blending sadness with nobility.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bài ca bi tráng vang lên trong đêm. (A woeful and majestic song echoed through the night.)
  • Họ viết nên một trang sử bi tráng. (They wrote a woeful and majestic page of history.)
  • Cái chết của người anh hùng thật bi tráng. (The hero's death was truly woeful and majestic.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "bi tráng" is often used in literary, historical, or artistic contexts to describe events, stories, or works of art that are tragically beautiful or heroically sad. It implies a narrative of great loss or suffering that is redeemed by its scale, dignity, or the valor displayed within it.

Variants and Related Words

• Bi ai (adj): sorrowful, mournful, lamentable. Focuses on the aspect of grief without the connotation of majesty.
  • Giọng nói đầy bi ai. (A voice full of sorrow.)
• Hào hùng (adj): heroic, epic, majestic. Focuses on the aspect of glory and grandeur without the connotation of tragedy.
  • Bản hùng ca hào hùng. (A heroic epic.)

Synonyms

• Tragic-heroic: combining tragedy and heroism.
• Pathétique (in the artistic sense): evoking pity and sadness, often with dignity.
• Sublimely tragic: profoundly sad yet elevating or grand.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Khúc ca bi tráng: a woeful and majestic melody/ode.
  • Đó là khúc ca bi tráng của một thời đại. (That is the woeful and majestic ode of an era.)
• Số phận bi tráng: a woeful and majestic fate/destiny.
  • Ông ấy có một số phận bi tráng. (He had a woeful and majestic destiny.)

adj

1. Woeful and majestic at the same time
   • bài ca bi tráng
     a woeful and majestic song