Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Supreme, highest, most elevated: Used to describe something or someone that occupies the highest position in terms of rank, quality, or spiritual authority. It often carries a formal, literary, or religious connotation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đấng Chí Cao là một cách gọi trang trọng cho Thượng đế. (The Supreme Being is a formal way to refer to God.)
  • Anh ấy luôn hướng tới những lý tưởng chí cao. (He always aspires to the highest ideals.)
  • Quyết định cuối cùng thuộc về hội đồng chí cao. (The final decision belongs to the supreme council.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đấng Chí Cao": The Supreme Being. This is a fixed, reverential term primarily used in religious or philosophical contexts to refer to God or the ultimate divine authority.
  • Tín đồ tôn thờ Đấng Chí Cao. (Believers worship the Supreme Being.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tối cao (adj): Also means "supreme," often used in legal or official contexts (e.g., - Supreme Court). While similar, is more common in modern administrative language, whereas is more literary or spiritual.
• Chí tôn (adj): Venerated, most revered. Another literary term often used in similar contexts to .

Synonyms

• Tối thượng (adj): Supreme, paramount.
• Cao nhất (adj): Highest (more common and less formal).

Related Phrases

• Chí cao vô thượng: Supreme and peerless; the absolute highest, without equal.
  • Ngài có quyền năng chí cao vô thượng. (He possesses supreme and peerless power.)

Related Idioms

• Chí cao, đức trọng: (Literally: High aspiration, great virtue). An idiom describing a person of noble ambition and great moral character.
  • Vị lãnh đạo ấy được kính nể vì chí cao, đức trọng. (That leader is respected for his high aspirations and great virtue.)