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.)

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