khang kiện

Thân thiện

Người cao tuổi ấy vẫn giữ được tinh thần khang kiện.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Healthy and robust; in good health: "khang kiện" describes a state of being physically strong, healthy, and vigorous.
   • Strong and durable; sturdy: It can also describe something that is solid, resilient, and built to last.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông cụ tuy đã ngoài tám mươi nhưng vẫn còn rất khang kiện. (The old man is over eighty but still very healthy and robust.)
  • Ngôi nhà được xây dựng một cách khang kiện, chịu được bão tố. (The house was built in a sturdy manner, able to withstand storms.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is considered literary and somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese. It is more commonly found in formal, classical, or poetic contexts rather than in everyday conversation.
• It is often used to describe the health of elderly people or the solid construction of buildings or institutions.

Variants and Related Words

• Khang cường (adj): A direct synonym with the same meaning: healthy and strong; robust and powerful.
  • Một tinh thần khang cường. (A robust and powerful spirit.)
• Khoẻ mạnh (adj): The more common, modern term for "healthy."
• Cường tráng (adj): Strong, muscular, and vigorous (often for men).

Synonyms

• Khoẻ mạnh: Healthy, well.
• Tráng kiện: Strong and healthy (also somewhat literary).
• Vững chắc: Solid, firm, stable (more for objects or abstract concepts).

Related Idioms

• While "khang kiện" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its synonym "khang cường" appears in the classical idiom:
  • "Quốc thái dân khang": The country is prosperous and the people are at peace and in good health. ("Khang" here shares the same root meaning of health and peace.)

Học thuật

1. như khang cường