hưng thịnh
Definition
- Adjective:
- Prosperous; Flourishing: Describes a state of great success, wealth, and good fortune, often for a country, era, business, or civilization. It implies vigorous growth and peak condition.
- Thriving: Indicates healthy, strong, and successful development.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Thời kỳ hưng thịnh của triều đại đó kéo dài hơn một trăm năm. (The prosperous period of that dynasty lasted over a hundred years.)
- Một nền kinh tế hưng thịnh cần có sự ổn định chính trị. (A flourishing economy requires political stability.)
- Công ty đang trong thời kỳ hưng thịnh nhất. (The company is in its most thriving period.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe golden ages, powerful dynasties, or peak cultural periods.
- Can be used metaphorically for non-material concepts like a "flourishing culture" ().
Variants and Related Words
- Thịnh vượng (adj): Prosperous, thriving. Often used interchangeably with , but can have a slightly stronger connotation of material wealth and abundance.
- Phồn thịnh (adj): Prosperous and populous; bustling and wealthy.
- Hưng vượng (adj): A less common variant meaning to rise and prosper.
- Hưng thịnh can also function as a verb phrase (hưng thịnh lên) meaning "to become prosperous."
Synonyms
- Prosperous: Successful in material terms.
- Flourishing: Growing or developing in a healthy or vigorous way.
- Thriving: Very successful or growing strongly.
- Booming: Having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Quốc thái dân an, phong điều vũ thuận: While not containing , this classical idiom describes the ideal state of a prosperous nation: "The country is prosperous and the people are at peace, the winds are favorable and the rains are timely."
- Thời kỳ hoàng kim (Golden Age): A period of in art, science, or a society.
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