dây loan
Definition
- Noun:
- A lute string (literal, literary/archaic): Refers to the string of a traditional lute-like instrument (đàn nguyệt or đàn kìm), often used in classical Vietnamese poetry and literature to symbolize love, harmony, or marital bonds.
- The bond of marital love (figurative): Symbolizes the conjugal bond or the thread of predestined love between husband and wife. It represents the idea of reconnecting or maintaining a marital relationship.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trong thơ cổ, hình ảnh "dây loan" thường tượng trưng cho tình nghĩa vợ chồng. (In ancient poetry, the image of the "dây loan" often symbolizes conjugal love.)
- Tiếng đàn nguyệt, dây loan réo rắt, vang lên trong đêm trăng. (The sound of the moon lute, its "dây loan" strings twanging melodiously, rose in the moonlit night.)
Advanced Usage
- "se lại dây loan" / "nối lại dây loan": To reconnect the lute string. This is a classical, literary idiom meaning to reconcile or reunite as a married couple, to mend a marital relationship.
- Sau bao năm xa cách, họ quyết định nối lại dây loan. (After many years apart, they decided to reconnect the lute string [reconcile their marriage].)
Variants and Related Words
- Đàn loan (n): The lute itself (the instrument with the "dây loan" strings). Often paired with "đàn phượng" (phoenix lute) in the phrase "đàn loan đàn phượng" to symbolize a harmonious, predestined couple.
- Nhân duyên (n): Predestined affinity or relationship, often used in the context of marriage. "Dây loan" is a poetic symbol for this concept.
Synonyms
- Sợi tơ hồng (n): The red thread of fate (from East Asian mythology), also symbolizing predestined marriage.
- Mối lương duyên (n): A good and predestined marital match.
Related Idioms
- "Đàn loan đàn phượng": Literally "luan lute and phoenix lute". An idiom describing a perfectly matched, harmonious, and predestined couple.
- Họ như đôi đàn loan đàn phượng, sống với nhau rất hạnh phúc. (They are like a pair of luan and phoenix lutes [a perfectly matched couple], living together very happily.)
- "Đứt dây loan": The lute string is broken. A poetic way to say a marital relationship has ended or a couple has separated.
- Bi kịch xảy ra khiến cho đứt dây loan. (The tragedy caused the lute string to break [the marriage to end].)