gian truân
Definition
- Adjective:
- Full of hardship and adversity: Describes a situation, period of life, or experience that is marked by significant difficulty, suffering, and struggle.
- Arduous and troubled: Characterizes a journey or endeavor that is extremely challenging and filled with obstacles.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy đã trải qua một tuổi thơ đầy gian truân. (He went through a childhood full of hardship.)
- Họ bắt đầu một hành trình gian truân vượt núi. (They began an arduous journey across the mountains.)
- Cuộc sống gian truân đã rèn giũa ý chí của cô ấy. (A life of adversity tempered her will.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "gian truân" is often used in literary, formal, or reflective contexts to convey a profound sense of struggle, more intense than everyday difficulties. It implies a prolonged period of trial.
Variants and Related Words
- Gian khổ (adj): arduous, full of toil and deprivation.
- Người lính trải qua những ngày tháng gian khổ. (The soldier went through arduous times.)
- Truân chuyên (adj): beset with troubles and vicissitudes (a close, literary synonym).
- Số phận truân chuyên của người nghệ sĩ. (The artist's trouble-fraught fate.)
Synonyms
- Arduous: Involving strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
- Adverse: Preventing success or development; unfavorable.
- Troubled: Characterized by problems or distress.
Related Idioms
- Gian nan thử thách: trials and tribulations; hardships and challenges.
- Vượt qua mọi gian nan thử thách. (To overcome all trials and tribulations.)
- Nếm mật nằm gai: (lit. to taste gall and lie on thorns) to endure extreme hardship and bitterness.
- Trải qua thời kỳ nếm mật nằm gai. (To go through a period of enduring extreme hardship.)