dưỡng lão

Thân thiện

Ông cụ đang tận hưởng thời kỳ dưỡng lão của mình trong một khu vườn yên tĩnh.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To husband one's old-age strength; to conserve one's energy in old age: The primary meaning refers to the act of preserving one's vitality and strength during one's later years, often by avoiding strenuous activity.
   • To enjoy one's old age; to live out one's old age in comfort: This sense implies living a peaceful, comfortable, and restful life in retirement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy đã về hưu và giờ chỉ muốn an nhàn dưỡng lão. (He has retired and now just wants to live a leisurely life, conserving his strength in old age.)
  • Sau một đời làm việc vất vả, bà cụ xứng đáng được nghỉ ngơi dưỡng lão. (After a lifetime of hard work, the old lady deserves to rest and enjoy her old age.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a connotation of a well-deserved rest after a life of labor. It is not merely about being old but about actively choosing a lifestyle of rest and preservation.
• It can describe a state or a chosen way of living, rather than a single action.

Variants and Related Words

• Tiền dưỡng lão (Noun): Old-age pension; retirement pension.
  • Ông ấy sống bằng tiền dưỡng lão. (He lives on his old-age pension.)
• Nhà dưỡng lão (Noun): Nursing home; old folks' home. (Note: This is a compound noun where "dưỡng lão" is part of the term for a care facility.)
  • Gia đình quyết định đưa cụ vào sống ở một nhà dưỡng lão. (The family decided to place the elder in a nursing home.)

Synonyms

• An hưởng tuổi già: To enjoy one's old age in peace.
• Nghỉ ngơi tuổi già: To rest in old age.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Làm ăn theo lối dưỡng lão: To work in the manner of old-age pensioners (i.e., to work without much exertion, as if to conserve one's strength).
  • Ông chủ mới cho phép nhân viên lớn tuổi làm ăn theo lối dưỡng lão. (The new boss allows older employees to work at a more relaxed pace.)

Học thuật

1. Husband one's old-age strength
   • Tiền dưỡng lão
     An old-age pension
   • Làm ăn theo lối dưỡng lão
     To work in the way of old-age pensioners (without much exertion, as if to save one's strength)