Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Separated; parted: Describes the state of being apart from someone, typically due to a departure or circumstance, often implying a sense of loss or sorrow associated with the separation.

2. Noun:

   • Separation; parting: Refers to the event, act, or enduring state of being apart from a loved one, frequently carrying a poetic and melancholic connotation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Họ sống trong tâm trạng biệt ly sau khi con trai đi nước ngoài. (They lived in a separated state of mind after their son went abroad.)
• Noun:
  • Sầu biệt ly là chủ đề chính của bài thơ. (The sorrow of separation is the main theme of the poem.)
  • Cuộc biệt ly tại ga tàu thật đau lòng. (The parting at the train station was heartbreaking.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to describe deep emotional partings, such as those in war, migration, or death, rather than casual, temporary goodbyes.
• "nỗi buồn biệt ly": the sadness of parting.
  • Bản nhạc gợi lên nỗi buồn biệt ly. (The song evokes the sadness of parting.)

Variants and Related Words

• Biệt (v): to leave, to part from. Often used in compound words related to separation.
• Ly biệt (v/n): a synonym meaning to separate/separation, with a similarly formal and emotional tone.
  • Giây phút ly biệt không thể nào quên. (The moment of separation is unforgettable.)

Synonyms

• Sự chia ly: parting, separation.
• Sự xa cách: being apart, distance (can be more neutral).
• Sự giã từ: farewell, bidding goodbye (often final).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Biệt ly sinh tử: a life-and-death separation; a parting as final as death.
  • Chiến tranh gây ra những cuộc biệt ly sinh tử. (War causes life-and-death separations.)
• Sầu biệt ly: a fixed phrase meaning "the sorrow/grief of separation."
  • Gánh nặng sầu biệt ly đè nặng lên trái tim cô. (The burden of separation sorrow weighed heavily on her heart.)

adjective

1. separated
   • sầu biệt ly
     the sorrow of separation