hẻo

Con đường mòn dẫn đến một bản làng hẻo lánh.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Remote, secluded, isolated: Describes a place that is far from populated areas, difficult to access, and lacking human activity or presence.
   • Desolate, lonely: Can describe a state of being alone and isolated, often with a connotation of melancholy or abandonment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngôi nhà ấy nằm ở một nơi rất hẻo. (That house is located in a very remote place.)
  • Cảm giác hẻo lạnh bao trùm khu rừng về đêm. (A feeling of desolate cold envelops the forest at night.)
  • Anh ấy sống một cuộc sống hẻo giữa thành phố ồn ào. (He lives a secluded life amidst the noisy city.)

Advanced Usage

• "hẻo hắt": An intensified form emphasizing extreme desolation, loneliness, and often a sense of bleakness.
  • Tiếng gió thổi hẻo hắt qua cánh đồng hoang. (The wind blew desolately across the deserted field.)
• "hẻo lánh": The most common compound, explicitly meaning remote and secluded. (Note: This is a compound listed separately as a variant.)
  • Con đường mòn dẫn đến một bản làng hẻo lánh. (The trail leads to a remote and secluded village.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hẻo lánh (adj): Remote, secluded, out-of-the-way. This is the full, more commonly used form from which 'hẻo' is derived as a shortened version.
• Hiu hắt (adj): Desolate, lonely, bleak (often describing atmosphere or sound). A close synonym with a similar melancholic tone.
• Hiu quạnh (adj): Lonely, deserted, desolate. Another synonym emphasizing solitude.

Synonyms

• Hiu quạnh: lonely, deserted.
• Vắng vẻ: quiet, deserted, unfrequented.
• Xa xôi: faraway, distant (more neutral, less connotative of desolation).
• Cô quạnh: lonely, solitary (focuses more on the feeling of the person).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Nơi chốn hẻo: a remote place.
• Đường hẻo: a secluded/deserted road.
• Sống hẻo: to live in seclusion.

Related Idioms

Note: 'Hẻo' itself is not typically the core of many idioms. Its compound form 'hẻo lánh' is more frequently used in descriptive phrases rather than fixed idioms. The sense of isolation is often expressed through synonyms like "hiu quạnh".