hạn vận
Definition
- Noun:
- Fixed term, predetermined deadline: "hạn vận" refers to a predetermined time limit or a fixed period that has been set in advance.
- Fate, destiny (in a specific, often negative, time-bound sense): In a more figurative or traditional context, it can refer to a destined period of misfortune or a predetermined fate, especially one that is bound by time.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công việc này có một hạn vận rõ ràng. (This task has a clear, fixed deadline.)
- Anh ta tin rằng mình đang trong hạn vận xui xẻo. (He believes he is in a destined period of bad luck.)
Advanced Usage
- "hết hạn vận": to be past the predetermined term; for one's (bad) luck to have run its course.
- Sau chuỗi ngày đen tối, cuối cùng anh ấy cũng hết hạn vận. (After a series of dark days, his spell of bad luck has finally ended.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hạn (n): deadline, term, limit.
- hạn chót (final deadline)
- Vận (n): luck, fortune, fate.
- vận may (good luck), vận rủi (bad luck)
- Thời hạn (n): time limit, period, term. (This is a more common and neutral synonym for the "fixed term" meaning).
Synonyms
- Thời hạn: time limit, term.
- Số phận: destiny, fate (broader, less time-bound than "hạn vận").
- Vận hạn: a period of bad luck or misfortune (very close in meaning, often used interchangeably).
Related Idioms
- Hạn vận đã đến: One's (predetermined, often unfortunate) time has come.
- Hạn vận đã đến, giờ chỉ có thể đối mặt. (The fated time has come; now one can only face it.)