Definition

1. Noun:
   • Conjugal life, marital intimacy: "Chăn gối" is a classical, literary term that metaphorically refers to the intimate, private life of a married couple, specifically the act of sharing a bed. It symbolizes the physical and emotional bond of marriage.
   • Bed and board: It can also refer more broadly to the shared domestic life of husband and wife.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chưa chăn gối cũng vợ chồng. (Although we have not yet shared the conjugal bed, we are already husband and wife.)
  • Cuộc sống chăn gối của họ rất hạnh phúc. (Their conjugal life is very happy.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chăn loan gối phụng": A more elaborate and poetic variant using "loan" (male phoenix) and "phụng" (female phoenix), symbolizing a harmonious and blessed marital union.

  • Họ sống bên nhau trong cảnh chăn loan gối phụng. (They live together in a harmonious and blessed marital union.)

• "Chăn đơn gối chiếc": Literally "a single blanket, a lone pillow". This idiom describes the state of being alone, often referring to widowhood, spinsterhood, or any situation of solitary sleep and life.

  • Sau khi chồng mất, bà sống cảnh chăn đơn gối chiếc. (After her husband passed away, she lived a life of solitary widowhood.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chăn (n): Blanket.
• Gối (n): Pillow.
• Vợ chồng (n): Husband and wife, married couple. (This is the common, non-literary term for a married couple.)

Synonyms

• Đời sống vợ chồng: Marital life.
• Tình phu thê: Conjugal love (literary).
• Nghĩa vợ chồng: Marital bond/duty.

Related Idioms

• "Chưa chăn gối cũng vợ chồng": An idiom emphasizing that a marital bond or commitment can exist even before physical intimacy is established, often used in the context of arranged marriages or deep promises.
  • Họ đã hứa hôn, chưa chăn gối cũng vợ chồng rồi. (They are engaged; even without sharing a bed, they are considered husband and wife.)

1. Blanket and pillow; bed and board; connubiality
   • "Chưa chăn gối cũng vợ chồng"
     Although having not shared bed and board, we are already man and wife
   • chăn đơn gối chiếc
     unshared blanket and single pillow; grass widowhood; spinsterhood