Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Experienced, seasoned, inured: Having gained significant experience through prolonged exposure to difficult or challenging conditions, making one resilient and less affected by them.
   • Hardened, toughened: Describes something or someone that has become robust and durable due to enduring hardships.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người lính dày dạn kinh nghiệm chiến trường. (He is a soldier seasoned with battlefield experience.)
  • Làn da dày dạn nắng gió của người nông dân. (The farmer's skin, weathered by sun and wind.)
  • Cô ấy có một tâm hồn dày dạn qua bao thăng trầm cuộc sống. (She has a soul tempered by life's ups and downs.)

Advanced Usage

• "dày dạn sương gió" / "dày dạn gió sương": A poetic idiom meaning "weather-beaten" or "tempered by hardships," often used to describe someone who has endured many life challenges.
  • Ông ấy đã trải qua một cuộc đời dày dạn sương gió. (He has lived a life tempered by wind and frost.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dạn dày: A less common variant with the same meaning as "dày dạn."
• Dày dặn (adj.): Means "thick and solid" (for objects) or "mature, experienced" (for people, similar to but slightly different from "dày dạn," often implying稳重 - steadiness).
  • Một chiếc áo dày dặn. (A thick, solid coat.)
  • Một con người dày dặn kinh nghiệm. (A person of mature experience.)

Synonyms

• Kỳ cựu: Veteran, long-serving.
• Lão luyện: Skilled and experienced, adept.
• Từng trải: Having been through many experiences.

Antonyms

• Non nớt: Immature, inexperienced.
• Thiếu kinh nghiệm: Lacking experience.

1. cũng nói dạn dày Inured to (hardships, difficulties...)
   • Người thủy thủ dày dạn sóng gió
     A sailor intured to wind and waves, a seasoned sailor, a weather-beaten sailor
   • dày dạn gió sương
     Weather-beaten, tempered by harships