cầu phúc
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To pray for blessings/happiness: The act of making a prayer or wish, often in a religious or spiritual context, to request blessings, good fortune, or happiness for oneself or others.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Gia đình tôi đi chùa để cầu phúc. (My family goes to the temple to pray for blessings.)
- Người dân trong làng tổ chức lễ cầu phúc cho một năm mới an lành. (The villagers hold a ceremony to pray for blessings for a peaceful new year.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lễ cầu phúc": A blessing ceremony; a propitiatory ceremony.
- Lễ cầu phúc được tổ chức long trọng tại đình làng. (The blessing ceremony was solemnly held at the village communal house.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cầu (verb): to pray for, to wish for, to request. Often used as a prefix in compound verbs (e.g., cầu an - pray for peace, cầu nguyện - to pray).
- Phúc (noun): blessing, happiness, good fortune. A key concept in Vietnamese culture.
Synonyms
- Cầu may: to pray for luck.
- Cầu an: to pray for peace/safety.
Related Phrases
- Được phúc: to be blessed; to receive good fortune.
- Cụ bà sống thọ, đó là được phúc. (The elderly woman lives a long life, that is a blessing.)
Related Idioms
- Phúc đức tại mẫu: Blessings/virtue come from the mother. (An idiom highlighting the traditional belief in the mother's role in the family's fortune.)
- Ăn ở có phúc: To live virtuously and thus receive blessings.
- Ông ấy ăn ở có phúc nên con cháu đều thành đạt. (He lives virtuously, so his children and grandchildren are all successful.)