Definition

1. Noun:
   • The abode of immortals; fairyland: A mythical, celestial realm in Vietnamese folklore and Taoist belief where immortals and fairies reside. It is often depicted as a beautiful, eternal paradise.
   • (Literary) A blissful, utopian place: Used poetically to refer to an idealized place of perfect happiness and beauty.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong truyền thuyết, tiên nữ sống ở dương đài. (In legends, fairies live in the abode of immortals.)
  • Phong cảnh nơi đây đẹp như chốn dương đài. (The scenery here is as beautiful as fairyland.)
  • Giấc mơ về một dương đài nơi trần thế. (The dream of an earthly paradise.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in literary, poetic, or religious contexts to evoke a sense of an ethereal, perfect world beyond the mortal realm.

Variants and Related Words

• Bồng lai: (n) Penglai, another name for a mythical fairy mountain or paradise in East Asian mythology.
• Tiên cảnh: (n) Fairy scene; fairy realm.
• Thiên đàng: (n) Heaven (more common, with stronger Abrahamic religious connotations).

Synonyms

• Fairyland
• Elysium
• Paradise (specifically in a mythical, non-religious sense)
• The abode of the immortals

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Mộng tưởng dương đài: To dream of fairyland; to have an unrealistic, utopian dream.
  • Anh ta sống trong mộng tưởng dương đài mà quên đi thực tế. (He lives dreaming of fairyland and forgets reality.)