Definition

1. Noun:
   • Words and their meanings; language, wording: Refers to words, their meanings, and the way language is used, often in a literary or formal context.
   • Knowledge, learning, cultural level: Refers to a person's level of education, erudition, or general knowledge.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Words/Language):

  • Văn chương không phải chỉ là chữ nghĩa. (Literature is not only a matter of words and their meanings.)
  • Anh ấy rất chú trọng đến chữ nghĩa trong bài viết. (He pays great attention to the wording in his writing.)

• Noun (Knowledge/Education):

  • Chữ nghĩa của anh ấy còn kém. (His knowledge is still poor.)
  • Cụ ấy là người có chữ nghĩa, được mọi người kính trọng. (He is a learned man, respected by everyone.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đầy chữ nghĩa": Describes something as being very literary, erudite, or full of sophisticated language.

  • Bài diễn văn của ông ấy nghe rất đầy chữ nghĩa. (His speech sounded very erudite.)

• "Không có chữ nghĩa": Indicates a lack of education or refinement.

  • Lời nói của hắn thô tục, chẳng có chữ nghĩa gì. (His speech was vulgar, with no refinement at all.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chữ (n): Character, word, letter. Often used more concretely for written symbols.
• Nghĩa (n): Meaning, sense.
• Học vấn (n): Academic knowledge, scholarship. A more formal synonym for the "knowledge" aspect.
• Trí thức (n): Intellectual. Refers to a knowledgeable or educated person.

Synonyms

• Văn chương: Literature. Can overlap in contexts about literary language.
• Kiến thức: Knowledge. A general term for knowledge.
• Học thức: Learning, education.

Related Idioms

• "Chữ nghĩa đầy mình": To be very learned, full of knowledge.

  • Ông giáo già chữ nghĩa đầy mình. (The old teacher is full of learning.)

• "Có chữ nghĩa": To be educated/knowledgeable.

  • Muốn thành công trong xã hội này, phải có chữ nghĩa. (To succeed in this society, one must be educated.)

1. Word and its meaning
   • văn chương không phải chỉ là chữ nghĩa
     literature is not only a matter of words and their meanings
2. Knowledge, cultural level
   • chữ nghĩa còn kém
     his knowledge is still poor