Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gaze with veneration / to admire reverently: To look at something, especially something grand, beautiful, or sacred, with deep respect, wonder, and admiration.
   • To pay homage to / to venerate: To show profound respect and honor towards a memory, a person, or an ideal, often in a commemorative context.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hàng nghìn du khách đến để chiêm ngưỡng vẻ đẹp của ngôi đền cổ. (Thousands of tourists come to gaze with veneration at the beauty of the ancient temple.)
  • Chúng tôi đứng lặng im chiêm ngưỡng bức tranh nổi tiếng. (We stood silently admiring the famous painting reverently.)
  • Mọi người đến đây để chiêm ngưỡng những chiến sĩ đã hy sinh. (People come here to pay homage to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives.)

Advanced Usage

• The word carries a formal and solemn tone. It is not used for casual looking or everyday admiration. The object of "chiêm ngưỡng" is typically something that inspires awe, such as great art, majestic nature, sacred relics, or heroic deeds.
• It implies a quiet, contemplative, and respectful act of observation or remembrance.

Synonyms

• To venerate: To regard with great respect and reverence.
• To revere: To feel deep respect or admiration for.
• To admire (reverently): To regard with wonder, pleasure, and respect.
• To behold (with awe): To observe a striking sight.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Chiêm ngưỡng và học tập: To venerate and learn from (a role model).
  • Thế hệ trẻ chiêm ngưỡng và học tập tấm gương của anh. (The younger generation venerates and learns from his example.)

verb

1. To gaze with veneration
   • chiêm ngưỡng một bức tượng
     to gaze with veneration at a statue
2. To pay homage to the memory of
   • chiêm ngưỡng những chiến sĩ đã oanh liệt hy sinh vì tổ quốc
     to pay homage to the memory of the fighters who have gloriously laid down their lives for the fatherland