Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bestow favor/grace; to grant a boon: "gia ân" means to voluntarily give kindness, mercy, or a special benefit to someone, often from a position of higher authority or power. It implies an act of grace that is not obligatory.
   • To show mercy; to pardon: In some contexts, it can mean to show clemency or to forgive a fault or offense.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua đã gia ân cho tù nhân. (The king granted clemency to the prisoners.)
  • Ơn trên đã gia ân cho mùa màng bội thu. (Heaven bestowed its favor for a bountiful harvest.)

Advanced Usage

• "được gia ân": to be the recipient of favor/grace.
  • Người dân được gia ân trong năm mới. (The people were granted favor in the new year.)
• Often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts, and in religious discourse regarding divine grace.

Variants and Related Words

• Gia ơn: A variant with identical meaning and usage.
  • Xin ngài gia ơn cho chúng tôi. (Please bestow your favor upon us.)
• Ân điển (n): grace, favor (the noun form of the benefit given).
• Ân xá (v): to amnesty, to pardon (a more specific legal or official term).

Synonyms

• Ban ơn: to confer favor.
• Tha thứ: to forgive, to pardon (focuses on forgiveness).
• Khoan hồng: to be lenient, to show mercy.

Related Phrases

• Ơn trên gia ân: Heaven/God bestows grace (a common religious phrase).
• Gia ân xá tội: to grant pardon for crimes.

Related Idioms

• Đội ơn đội nghĩa: To be deeply grateful for favors received (expresses the resulting gratitude from being "gia ân").
  • Chúng tôi đội ơn đội nghĩa ngài đã gia ân. (We are profoundly grateful for the favor you have bestowed.)

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