cường thịnh

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Prosperous and powerful: Describes a state, nation, or era that is both strong in power or influence and flourishing in wealth, culture, and population.
   • Thriving and mighty: Combines the ideas of vigorous growth and robust strength, often used in historical or formal contexts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đất nước đó từng là một quốc gia cường thịnh. (That country was once a prosperous and powerful nation.)
  • Triều đại này đánh dấu thời kỳ cường thịnh của vương quốc. (This dynasty marks a period of thriving prosperity for the kingdom.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in formal, literary, or historical writing to describe the peak condition of a civilization, dynasty, or empire, emphasizing both its material wealth and its political/military strength.

Variants and Related Words

• Hưng thịnh (adj): flourishing, prosperous (often focuses more on economic and cultural prosperity).
• Cường quốc (n): a powerful nation, a great power (focuses more on political and military strength).

Synonyms

• Prosperous and strong
• Flourishing and mighty
• Thriving and powerful

Related Idioms

• Quốc thái dân an: The country is prosperous and the people are at peace. This idiom describes an ideal state of national stability and prosperity, which is a result of being .
  • Mọi người đều mong muốn một thời kỳ quốc thái dân an. (Everyone desires a period where the country is prosperous and the people are at peace.)