Definition

1. Adjective:
   • For life, lifelong: Refers to something that lasts for the entire duration of a person's life.
   • Life (imprisonment): Specifically used in legal contexts to describe a punishment or sentence that lasts for the offender's natural life.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tòa án tuyên án tù chung thân cho kẻ phạm tội. (The court sentenced the offender to life imprisonment.)
  • Họ đã hứa hẹn tình bạn chung thân. (They pledged lifelong friendship.)
  • Đây là một quyết định hệ trọng chung thân. (This is a decision with lifelong consequences.)

Advanced Usage

• "án chung thân": A life sentence.

  • Bị cáo phải nhận án chung thân. (The defendant received a life sentence.)

• "tù chung thân": Life imprisonment.

  • Hình phạt cho tội ác đó thường là tù chung thân. (The punishment for that crime is often life imprisonment.)

• "kết án chung thân": To sentence someone to life imprisonment.

  • Thẩm phán đã kết án chung thân hắn ta. (The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chung (adj): Common, shared, joint. (e.g., - common interest)
• Thân (n): Body, self; (adj): Close, intimate. (e.g., - close friend)
• Trọn đời (adj): Whole life, lifelong. (A near synonym in the general sense of duration, but not specific to legal punishment).

Synonyms

• Trọn đời: For one's whole life, lifelong (general).
• Suốt đời: Throughout life, lifelong (general).

Related Phrases

• Tù chung thân: Life imprisonment (noun phrase).
• Án chung thân: Life sentence (noun phrase).

Related Idioms

(This word is primarily a formal/legal term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is largely fixed within specific phrases like those listed above.)

adj

1. Life
   • tù chung thân
     life imprisonment
   • người bị tù chung thân
     a prisoner serving a life sentence, a lifer