Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Remote, secluded, isolated: Describes a place that is far from population centers, difficult to access, and where few people pass by.
   • Desolate, solitary: Emphasizes the state of being lonely, deserted, and cut off from the bustling activities of community life.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Họ sống trong một ngôi làng hẻo lánh trên núi. (They live in a remote village in the mountains.)
  • Con đường dẫn đến tu viện rất hẻo lánh. (The road leading to the monastery is very secluded.)
  • Đây là một khu vực hẻo lánh, hiếm khi có khách du lịch. (This is a desolate area, rarely visited by tourists.)

Advanced Usage

• "hẻo lánh hoang vắng": A common collocation emphasizing both remoteness and emptiness.
  • Những cánh đồng hẻo lánh hoang vắng gợi lên cảm giác cô độc. (The remote and deserted fields evoke a feeling of solitude.)
• Used to describe not only physical locations but also metaphorical states of being isolated or forgotten.
  • Một góc tâm hồn hẻo lánh. (A secluded corner of the soul.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hẻm (n): Alley, lane. A narrow passage, often implying a degree of being tucked away.
• Lánh (v): To avoid, to take refuge. The root contributes the meaning of withdrawing or being apart.
• Hiu quạnh (adj): Desolate, lonely. A close synonym with a stronger emphasis on quietness and loneliness.
• Xa xôi hẻo lánh (phrase): Remote and isolated. An intensified phrase.

Synonyms

• Xa xôi: Faraway, distant.
• Cô lập: Isolated.
• Vắng vẻ: Quiet, deserted.
• Hiu hắt: Desolate, bleak (often for landscapes).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Nơi hẻo lánh: A remote place.
  • Anh ấy ẩn mình ở một nơi hẻo lánh để viết sách. (He secluded himself in a remote place to write a book.)
• Điểm hẻo lánh: A secluded spot.
  • Chúng tôi tìm thấy một điểm hẻo lánh để cắm trại. (We found a secluded spot to camp.)

adj

1. solitary; remote; secluded