chu toàn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
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.
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
- Whole, fully discharged, fully seen to
- việc nhà việc nước đều chu toànstate affairs and family business have been fully seen to
verb
- To keep whole
- chu toàn danh tiếngto keep one's honour whole