Definition

1. Noun:
   • Conjugal love, marital affection: "Hương lửa" refers to the deep, intimate, and passionate love shared between a husband and wife. It evokes the warmth and bond of a marital relationship.
   • Conjugal bliss: The term can also describe the state of happiness and harmony within a marriage.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Họ sống với nhau trọn đời trong hương lửa. (They lived their whole lives together in conjugal bliss.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về hương lửa của đôi vợ chồng trẻ. (The story tells of the conjugal love of the young couple.)
  • Thơ ca trung đại thường ca ngợi hương lửa. (Medieval poetry often praised conjugal love.)

Advanced Usage

• This is a literary and somewhat archaic term, primarily found in classical Vietnamese poetry, literature, and formal or poetic contexts. It is not commonly used in everyday modern conversation.
• The term is a metaphor, combining "hương" (incense, fragrance) and "lửa" (fire), symbolizing the sacred, warm, and enduring nature of marital love.

Variants and Related Words

• Tình nghĩa vợ chồng (n): Marital love and duty. A more common, modern phrase.
• Ái ân (n): Conjugal love, intimacy. Another literary term.
• Duyên phận (n): Marital fate/destiny. Often used in the context of being fated to be husband and wife.

Synonyms

• Tình vợ chồng: Marital love.
• Ân ái: Conjugal intimacy.

Related Phrases

• Phải duyên hương lửa: To be joined in marital love (by fate). A fixed phrase from classical literature.
  • Ví dụ: Họ đã phải duyên hương lửa từ kiếp trước. (They were joined in conjugal love from a previous life.)

Notes on Different Meanings

• While the primary meaning is "conjugal love," in a very specific, archaic context (as seen in the Vietnamese-French reference), "hương lửa" could refer to the "cult of ancestors" (culte des ancêtres), where "hương" (incense) and "lửa" (fire) are literal ritual elements. However, in modern understanding and predominant literary use, the meaning related to marital love is standard.

noun

1. conjugal-love, conjugal-bliss