gió bụi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Dust and wind / Blowing dust: The literal meaning refers to dust being stirred up and carried by the wind, creating a dusty, unsettled atmosphere.
- Troubled times / Turmoil: A figurative meaning describing a period of social or political instability, chaos, and hardship.
- Adjective (Attributive):
- Turbulent / Hardscrabble / Full of ups and downs: Describes a life, career, or situation marked by difficulty, instability, and constant struggle.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Literal):
- Gió bụi trên đường khiến mọi người phải đeo khẩu trang. (The blowing dust on the road made everyone wear masks.)
- Noun (Figurative):
- Ông ấy đã sống qua một thời kỳ gió bụi của lịch sử. (He lived through a turbulent period of history.)
- Adjective:
- Cuộc đời gió bụi của người nghệ sĩ lang thang. (The hardscrabble life of the wandering artist.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in literary and poetic contexts to evoke a sense of desolation, impermanence, and the hardships of life's journey.
- It can imply a sense of being battered by external circumstances beyond one's control.
Variants and Related Words
- Bão táp (n): Storm; used figuratively for even greater turmoil and violent upheaval than .
- Long đong (adj): Difficult, full of vicissitudes; a close synonym for the adjectival use of .
Synonyms
- Turmoil (for troubled times).
- Dust storm (for the literal sense).
- Turbulent (for the adjective).
- Vicissitudes (for the ups and downs).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đời gió bụi: A dusty, troubled life. This is a common collocation emphasizing a life of hardship and instability.
- Một kiếp đời gió bụi. (A life of dust and wind / A troubled life.)
- Nổi cơn gió bụi: To arise (like) a gust of dust and wind. A literary phrase meaning to enter a period of sudden turmoil or conflict.
- Thuở trời đất nổi cơn gió bụi. (In the time when heaven and earth stirred up turmoil.)
- Blowing dust and wind
- Gió bụi trên đườngThe wind and dust blowing on the road
- Troubled (times).
- Thuở trời đất nổi cơn gió bụiIn troubled times by Heaven's will
- Hard, full of ups and downs
- Cuộc đời gi'o bụiA life full of ups and downs