Definition

1. Noun:
   • The world of the living; this world; the mortal realm: Refers to the earthly, human world as opposed to the spiritual or heavenly realms (such as the afterlife, heaven, or the underworld). It emphasizes the tangible, secular domain where human life and affairs take place.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chuyện tình ấy là huyền thoại của dương gian. (That love story is a legend of this world.)
  • Sống ở dương gian, con người phải đối mặt với nhiều khó khăn. (Living in the mortal realm, humans must face many difficulties.)
  • Họ tin rằng linh hồn sẽ rời khỏi dương gian sau khi chết. (They believe the soul will leave this world after death.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in literary, philosophical, or religious contexts to create a contrast between the earthly and the divine or supernatural.
  • Truyện cổ tích thường kể về sự giao thoa giữa dương gian và tiên giới. (Folk tales often tell of the intersection between the mortal world and the fairy realm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trần gian (n): a near-synonym also meaning "the mortal world" or "the earthly plane," often used interchangeably with "dương gian."
  • Phù hoa của trần gian. (The vanities of the earthly world.)
• Âm phủ (n): the underworld; the realm of the dead, which is conceptually opposite to "dương gian."
• Thiên đường (n): heaven; paradise, another contrasting realm.

Synonyms

• The mortal world
• The earthly realm
• This world
• The land of the living

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Dương gian khổ ải: (The sufferings of the mortal world) – a phrase highlighting the hardships of earthly life.
  • Con người phải trải qua dương gian khổ ải. (Humans must endure the sufferings of the mortal world.)
• Chốn dương gian: (This place in the world of the living) – a poetic way to refer to the human world.
  • Chốn dương gian đầy rẫy những bon chen. (This mortal world is full of strife.)

1. Land pf the living, this world