con cháu

Thân thiện

Ông bà luôn mong muốn con cháu hiếu thảo và thành đạt.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Offspring; descendants; posterity: Refers to one's children, grandchildren, and subsequent generations. It emphasizes the collective lineage and future generations of a family or ancestor.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khi ông ta mất, con cháu về dự tang lễ đông đủ cả. (When he died, all his offspring were attending his burial service.)
  • Ông cụ có đông con cháu. (The old man had a large number of descendants.)
  • Làm việc cho con cháu sau này. (To work for the sake of future generations.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used in a broad, collective sense to refer to all future generations of a lineage, not just immediate children.
• It often carries a cultural weight, implying duty, legacy, and the continuation of a family line.

Variants and Related Words

• Con dòng cháu giống (n): Offspring of a noble or prestigious lineage; child of a great family.
• Con ông cháu cha (n, idiomatic): Offspring of an influential or powerful family; often implies privilege derived from family status.

Synonyms

• Descendants: Persons descended from a particular ancestor.
• Offspring: A person's children or young.
• Posterity: All future generations of people.
• Progeny: A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant.

Related Idioms

• Con ông cháu cha: An idiom describing someone born into a powerful, wealthy, or influential family.
  • Anh ta là con ông cháu cha, nên công việc rất thuận lợi. (He is the offspring of an influential family, so his career is very smooth.)

Học thuật

1. Posterity, offspring
   • khi ông ta mất, con cháu về dự tang lễ đông đủ cả
     when he died, all his offspring were attending his burial service
   • con ông cháu cha
     offspring of an influential family