biệt ly
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Definition
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.
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
- separated
- sầu biệt lythe sorrow of separation