Definition

1. Noun:
   • Blanket and mat: Literally refers to bedding items including blankets and sleeping mats.
   • (Figurative) Conjugal life, marital relations: Used metaphorically to refer to the intimate aspects of married life or the relationship between spouses.

Usage Examples

• Literal meaning:

  • Nhà nghèo, chăn chiếu cũng đơn sơ. (The family is poor, so even the blankets and mats are simple.)
  • Cô ấy dọn dẹp chăn chiếu gọn gàng. (She tidied up the blankets and mats neatly.)

• Figurative meaning:

  • Hai vợ chồng sống với nhau hòa thuận, tình chăn chiếu êm ấm. (The couple lives together harmoniously, with warm conjugal affection.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về những sóng gió trong chăn chiếu của họ. (The story tells about the turbulence in their conjugal life.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tình chăn chiếu": Conjugal affection/love; specifically refers to the intimate bond and feelings between husband and wife.

  • Dù qua bao năm, tình chăn chiếu của họ vẫn nồng thắm. (Even after many years, their conjugal affection remains passionate.)

• "Chuyện chăn chiếu": Matters of the marital bed; refers to private, intimate matters between spouses.

  • Đó là chuyện chăn chiếu riêng tư, không nên bàn tán. (That is a private marital matter and should not be gossiped about.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chăn gối (n): Another compound noun with a similar figurative meaning, literally "blanket and pillow," also referring to conjugal life.

  • Ân tình chăn gối (conjugal love and duty).

• Mền chiếu (n): A Southern Vietnamese variant meaning "blanket and mat," with the same literal meaning.

Synonyms

• Đời sống vợ chồng: Married life.
• Quan hệ vợ chồng: Marital relations.

Related Idioms

• "Chăn ấm chiếu êm": Literally "warm blanket, soft mat"; figuratively means a comfortable, stable, and happy married life.

  • Cầu mong hai bạn luôn có được chăn ấm chiếu êm. (Wishing you both always have a warm and comfortable married life.)

• "Chăn đơn chiếu chiếc": Literally "single blanket, lone mat"; figuratively describes a solitary, lonely life, often implying being single or separated.

  • Sau ly hôn, anh ấy sống cảnh chăn đơn chiếu chiếc. (After the divorce, he lives a solitary life.)

1. Blanket and mat
2. (nghĩa bóng) Conjugal life
   • Tình chăn chiếu
     Conjugal affection