Definition

1. Noun (Literary):
   • Horizon, skyline: The line where the earth or sea appears to meet the sky. In literary Vietnamese, it often evokes a distant, poetic, or limitless boundary.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chân mây cuối trời. (The horizon at the edge of the sky.)
  • Chân mây mặt đất một màu xanh xanh. (The horizon and the earth's surface were a uniform bluish-green.)
  • Ánh mặt trời dần khuất sau chân mây. (The sunlight gradually disappeared behind the horizon.)

Advanced Usage

• "chân mây cuối trời": A common literary phrase meaning "the far horizon," "the edge of the world," or "the ends of the earth," used to emphasize extreme distance or a remote, unknown place.
  • Thuyền buồm nhỏ dần về phía chân mây cuối trời. (The sailboat grew smaller heading toward the far horizon.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đường chân trời (n): This is the more standard, non-literary term for "horizon."
  • Mặt trời lặn xuống đường chân trời. (The sun sets below the horizon.)

Synonyms

• Horizon: The line separating earth from sky.
• Skyline: The outline of land and buildings against the sky.

Related Idioms

• Nơi chân mây góc bể: An idiom meaning "a remote corner of the earth," a very faraway place.
  • Dù có đi đến nơi chân mây góc bể, tôi vẫn nhớ về quê hương. (Even if I go to the remotest corners of the earth, I will still remember my homeland.)

1. (văn chương) Line of horizon, horizon
   • Chân mây cuối trời