cõi tiên

cõi tiên

Truyện cổ tích thường kể về những nhân vật lạc vào cõi tiên.

Definitions
  1. Noun:
    • The realm of the immortals; fairyland: A mythical, paradisiacal world inhabited by fairies, immortals, or celestial beings, often depicted as a place of eternal beauty, peace, and happiness, detached from the mortal world.
    • A state of bliss or idealized perfection: Used metaphorically to describe a place, situation, or state of mind that is exceptionally beautiful, peaceful, or perfect, akin to a paradise.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Truyện cổ tích thường kể về những nhân vật lạc vào cõi tiên. (Folk tales often tell of characters who wander into the realm of the immortals.)
    • Cảnh đẹp nơi đây tựa như chốn cõi tiên. (The scenery here is like a fairyland.)
    • Sau khi nghỉ hưu, ông ấy sống một cuộc sống an nhàn nhưcõi tiên. (After retiring, he lives a leisurely life as if in paradise.)
Advanced Usage
  • "lạc vào cõi tiên": to be lost in/enter a fairyland; often used to describe being mesmerized by extreme beauty or a blissful state.

    • Khi bước vào khu vườn, tôi cảm giác như lạc vào cõi tiên. (When I stepped into the garden, I felt as if I had entered a fairyland.)
  • "chốn cõi tiên": a more literary variant emphasizing the "place" or "abode" of the immortals.

    • Họ về một chốn cõi tiên không lo âu. (They dream of an abode of immortals free from worry.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Tiên cảnh (n): fairy scene; fairyland. A closely related term often used interchangeably with cõi tiên to describe an immortal's realm or an ethereally beautiful place.

    • Vùng núi non này đúng một tiên cảnh. (This mountainous region is truly a fairy scene.)
  • Bồng lai tiên cảnh (n): Penglai, a mythical fairy mountain/island in East Asian mythology; used to refer to an elusive paradise.

  • Thiên đường (n): heaven; paradise. A more common and broader term for paradise, which can be religious (heaven) or secular (an idyllic place).
Synonyms
  • Thiên giới: celestial realm.
  • Bồng lai: Penglai (mythical fairy isle).
  • Chốn bồng lai: the place of Penglai; paradise.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Sống như tiên: to live like an immortal; to live a life of extreme ease, comfort, and happiness.

    • vườn tược, ao , ông cụ sống như tiên. (With a garden and a fish pond, the old man lives like an immortal.)
  • Cõi tạm: the temporary world (i.e., the mortal world). This is sometimes contrasted poetically with cõi tiên (the eternal realm).

    • Con người ta chỉ sốngcõi tạm thôi. (Humans only live in the temporary world.)