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.)

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