Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Complete, thorough, fully accomplished: Describes a task, duty, or matter that has been handled with full attention to all necessary details, leaving nothing neglected or unfinished.
   • Well-rounded, comprehensive: Can describe a state where all aspects are properly cared for and maintained in a satisfactory condition.

2. Verb (literary/formal):

   • To preserve intact, to keep whole: To maintain something (like a reputation, honor, or tradition) in its complete and unblemished state.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy là một người cha chu toàn. (He is a thorough and attentive father.)
  • Mọi công tác chuẩn bị đã được chu toàn. (All preparatory work has been fully accomplished.)
  • Việc nhà việc nước đều chu toàn. (Both family business and state affairs have been fully seen to.)

• Verb:

  • Ông ấy luôn cố gắng chu toàn danh tiếng cho gia tộc. (He always strives to preserve the family's reputation intact.)
  • Chu toàn đạo hiếu là trách nhiệm của con cái. (To fully preserve/filial piety is the responsibility of children.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, literary, or commendatory contexts to praise someone's diligence, responsibility, or the thorough completion of important duties.
• It implies a high standard of care and completeness, often relating to moral, familial, or social obligations.

Variants and Related Words

• Chu đáo (adj): thoughtful, considerate, meticulous. While similar, "chu đáo" often emphasizes attentiveness to people's needs, whereas "chu toàn" emphasizes the completeness of an action or duty.
• Hoàn tất (v): to complete, to finish. This is a more general term for completion without the connotation of thoroughness in all details.
• Trọn vẹn (adj): whole, intact, unbroken. Focuses on the state of being entire, often used for feelings or abstract concepts.

Synonyms

• Thorough: executed without negligence.
• Comprehensive: including all necessary elements.
• Accomplished: successfully completed.
• Meticulous: showing great attention to detail.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Chu toàn bổn phận: to fulfill one's duty thoroughly.
  • Một người lính phải chu toàn bổn phận. (A soldier must fulfill his duty thoroughly.)
• Chu toàn mọi mặt: to be complete in every aspect.
  • Kế hoạch được chuẩn bị chu toàn mọi mặt. (The plan was prepared thoroughly in every aspect.)

adj

1. Whole, fully discharged, fully seen to
   • việc nhà việc nước đều chu toàn
     state affairs and family business have been fully seen to

verb

1. To keep whole
   • chu toàn danh tiếng
     to keep one's honour whole