Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Gentle and virtuous: Describes a person, typically a woman, who possesses a kind, mild, and morally upright character, combining inner goodness with a gentle disposition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bà ấy là một người phụ nữ hiền đức. (She is a gentle and virtuous woman.)
  • Người mẹ hiền đức ấy luôn được mọi người kính trọng. (That gentle and virtuous mother is always respected by everyone.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in formal, literary, or traditional contexts to praise the moral character and temperament of a person, especially within the family or community.
  • Tấm lòng hiền đức của bà là tấm gương cho con cháu. (Her gentle and virtuous heart is an example for her descendants.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hiền lành (adj): Kind, gentle, good-natured (a more common, general term for a mild and kind temperament).
• Đức hạnh (n): Virtue, moral integrity (focuses more on moral conduct).
• Hiền thục (adj): Gentle and virtuous (a near-synonym, also often used for women).

Synonyms

• Nhân hậu đức độ: Kind-hearted and virtuous.
• Hiền từ đức hạnh: Gentle and virtuous.

Related Idioms

• Hiền như bụt: As gentle as a Buddha; meaning extremely gentle and kind.
  • Bà cụ hiền như bụt, chẳng bao giờ to tiếng với ai. (The old lady is as gentle as a Buddha; she never raises her voice at anyone.)
• Đức cao vọng trọng: Of high virtue and great prestige (used for highly respected elders, not gender-specific).
  • Vị lão thành ấy đức cao vọng trọng, ai cũng nể phục. (That elder is of high virtue and great prestige; everyone admires him.)

1. Gentleness and virtue (thường nói về người phụ nữ)
   • Bà cụ trông rõ thật ra người hiền đức
     The old lady looked gentle and virtuous indeed