Definition

1. Noun:
   • The world: Refers to the physical world or realm of human existence, particularly the present world inhabited by living people. It often carries a philosophical or reflective tone about life and human affairs.
   • Human life / This mortal coil: Connotes the sphere of human experience, with its joys, sufferings, and transient nature.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm của cõi đời. (He has experienced many ups and downs of the world.)
  • Cõi đời vốn dĩ phức tạp và đầy bất ngờ. (The world is inherently complex and full of surprises.)
  • Trong cõi đời hỗn độn này, tìm được một người bạn chân thành thật quý giá. (In this chaotic world, finding a sincere friend is truly precious.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in literary, poetic, or contemplative contexts to evoke a sense of the vast, mysterious, or sometimes wearying nature of human existence.
  • Thơ ông ấy thường nói về những nỗi buồn phiền trong cõi đời. (His poetry often speaks of the sorrows within the human world.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cõi tạm (n): the temporary world; a transient realm, emphasizing the impermanence of life.
  • Chúng ta chỉ sống trong cõi tạm mà thôi. (We only live in a temporary world.)
• Cõi trần (n): the mortal world; the earthly realm, often contrasted with spiritual or heavenly realms.
  • Cõi trần đầy những lo toan. (The mortal world is full of worries.)
• Cõi người ta (n, idiomatic): the world of people; human society.
  • Chuyện cõi người ta đâu có đơn giản. (The affairs of the human world are not simple.)

Synonyms

• Thế giới: the world (more common and neutral).
• Nhân gian: the human world, the mortal realm.
• Trần gian: the earthly world, the secular world.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Bể khổ cõi đời: The sea of suffering that is the world. A Buddhist-inspired phrase describing the world as a place of inherent suffering.
  • Phải giữ tâm thanh thản giữa bể khổ cõi đời. (One must keep a peaceful mind amidst the sea of suffering that is the world.)
• Lạc lối giữa cõi đời: To be lost in the world. Expresses a feeling of confusion or lack of direction in life.
  • Đôi khi tôi cảm thấy mình lạc lối giữa cõi đời. (Sometimes I feel lost in the world.)

noun

1. The world