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khiển muộn

Một người đàn ông gảy đàn tranh để khiển muộn.

Definition
  1. Verb phrase (archaic/literary):
    • To dispel one's sorrow; to relieve melancholy: To engage in an activity or action specifically to alleviate feelings of sadness, grief, or boredom.
Usage
  • This is a literary and somewhat archaic compound verb phrase. It is used to describe the deliberate act of seeking solace or distraction from sadness.
  • It is typically used in formal writing, poetry, or historical contexts.
  • The phrase often implies a conscious effort to find relief through a specific, often refined, activity.
Usage Examples
  • Verb phrase:
    • Ông ấy thường ngâm thơ để khiển muộn. (He often recited poetry to dispel his sorrow.)
    • Trong những đêm cô đơn, bà lấy việc đàn hát ra khiển muộn. (On lonely nights, she took to singing and playing music to relieve her melancholy.)
    • Uống rượu khiển muộn là một thói quen không lành mạnh. (To drown one's sorrows in alcohol is an unhealthy habit.)
Advanced Usage
  • The phrase can be used with various activities as the means of dispelling sorrow. The structure is typically: [Activity] + để/khiến + khiển muộn.
    • Vẽ tranh khiển muộn. (To paint to dispel sorrow.)
    • Lấy việc du ngoạn làm thú khiển muộn. (To take traveling as a pastime to relieve melancholy.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Giải buồn (verb phrase): A more common, modern synonym meaning "to relieve boredom/sadness." is a more classical equivalent.
  • Khuây khỏa (verb): To be comforted, to have one's grief alleviated. It describes the resulting state rather than the action.
  • Tiêu sầu (verb phrase, literary): Literally "to dissipate sorrow," very similar in meaning and register to .
Synonyms
  • Làm khuây (verb phrase): To distract oneself from grief.
  • Giải phiền (verb phrase): To dispel worries/troubles.
Related Idioms/Phrases
  • Uống rượu khiển muộn / Giải sầu (idiom): To drown one's sorrows in drink. This is a common collocation where the activity (drinking) is specified.
    • Anh ta tìm đến quán rượu với mục đích uống rượu khiển muộn. (He went to the bar with the aim of drowning his sorrows.)
khiển muộn

Một người đàn ông gảy đàn tranh để khiển muộn.

  1. (cũ) Dispel one's sorrow
    • Uống rượu khiển muộn
      To dispelone's sorrows with drinks of alcohol, to drown one's sorrows in alcohol