Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely remote or secluded: Describes a place that is located in the farthest, most inaccessible depths or hinterlands; profoundly isolated.
   • Deeply set back or receded: Can describe something situated in a very withdrawn or far-back position.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngôi làng nằm ở một vùng cùng tịch của đất nước. (The village is located in an extremely remote region of the country.)
  • Họ phát hiện một ngôi chùa cổ trong khu rừng cùng tịch. (They discovered an ancient pagoda in a deeply secluded forest.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is literary and rare in modern everyday Vietnamese. It is primarily used in descriptive, poetic, or formal writing to evoke a strong sense of isolation and inaccessibility.

Variants and Related Words

• Hẻo lánh (adj): remote, secluded. (More common than "cùng tịch").
• Hiu quạnh (adj): desolate, lonely.
• Thâm sơn cùng cốc (idiomatic phrase): deep mountains and remote valleys; the back of beyond.

Synonyms

• Remote: far away from populated areas.
• Secluded: kept away from view; isolated.
• Inaccessible: very difficult or impossible to reach.

Related Idioms

• Thâm sơn cùng cốc: This idiom carries a very similar meaning, emphasizing a place deep in the mountains and far from civilization.
  • Công ty muốn khai thác khoáng sản ngay cả ở những nơi thâm sơn cùng cốc. (The company wants to exploit minerals even in the most remote backwaters.)