Definition

1. Noun:
   • A bronze cup or bowl: A small, bowl-shaped drinking vessel traditionally made of bronze.
   • A ceremonial bronze cup: Specifically, a bronze cup used in historical or ritualistic contexts, such as for oath-swearing or union ceremonies.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bảo tàng trưng bày một chiếc chén đồng cổ. (The museum displays an ancient bronze cup.)
  • Trong nghi lễ, họ cùng uống rượu từ chén đồng. (In the ceremony, they drank wine together from the bronze cup.)

Advanced Usage

• "chén đồng thề nguyền": A bronze cup for swearing oaths; a cup used in solemn pledge or union ceremonies.
  • Hai người bạn kết nghĩa bằng nghi thức uống rượu từ chén đồng thề nguyền. (The two friends swore brotherhood through a ritual of drinking wine from an oath-swearing bronze cup.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chén (n): Cup, bowl (a general term for a small dish or cup).
• Bát đồng (n): Bronze bowl (a slightly larger or more general term for a bronze dish).

Synonyms

• Tước (n): An archaic term for a wine cup or goblet, often used in literary or historical contexts.
• Ly đồng (n): Bronze cup or glass (a more modern phrasing).

Related Idioms

• Uống chén đồng thề nguyền: To drink from the bronze oath cup; to formally swear a pact or bond.
  • Họ uống chén đồng thề nguyền, hứa sẽ giúp đỡ nhau suốt đời. (They drank from the bronze oath cup, promising to help each other for life.)