Definition

1. Noun:
   • Violent storm: A powerful and destructive meteorological event with very strong winds and heavy rain.
   • Great upheaval / Severe ordeal: A metaphor for a period of intense difficulty, chaos, or dramatic change in life, society, or history.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Literal):
  • Con tàu phải chống chọi với cơn bão táp. (The ship had to battle the violent storm.)
• Noun (Figurative):
  • Họ đã cùng nhau vượt qua bão táp cuộc đời. (They overcame life's severe ordeals together.)
  • Giai đoạn bão táp cách mạng đã thay đổi đất nước. (The great upheaval of the revolutionary period changed the country.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, literary, or journalistic contexts to convey intensity and scale, whether describing natural disasters or turbulent events.
• Commonly appears in the structure "cơn bão táp" (a storm / an upheaval) or "trong cơn bão táp" (in the midst of the storm/upheaval).

Variants and Related Words

• Bão (n): Storm, typhoon. A more common, general term for a storm.
  • Cơn bão đang tiến vào đất liền. (The storm is moving inland.)
• Phong ba (n): Wind and waves; storms and tribulations (often figurative).
  • Trải qua nhiều phong ba bão táp. (To have gone through many storms and tribulations.)

Synonyms

• Tempest: A violent, windy storm (literary).
• Upheaval: A sudden, violent change or disruption.
• Turmoil: A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Phong ba bão táp: A common idiomatic pair meaning "storms and tempests," used to describe a life or period full of hardships and challenges.
  • Cuộc đời ông ấy đầy phong ba bão táp. (His life has been full of storms and tempests.)

noun

1. Violent storm, great upheaval, severe ordeal
   • cuộc đời đầy bão táp
     a stormy life