khắc sâu
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Definition
Verb: - To engrave (in one's mind), to imprint deeply: To make a memory, feeling, or thought become permanent and unforgettable in one's consciousness or heart. It emphasizes a profound and lasting impression, often of an important lesson, gratitude, or experience.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bài học đó đã khắc sâu trong tâm trí tôi. (That lesson is engraved in my mind.)
- Chúng ta phải khắc sâu ơn nghĩa của thầy cô. (We must deeply imprint the gratitude we owe our teachers.)
- Những kỷ niệm đẹp về quê hương được khắc sâu vào trái tim. (Beautiful memories of the homeland are etched into the heart.)
Advanced Usage
- "khắc sâu vào ký ức/tâm khảm": to be engraved into one's memory/innermost being.
- Lời dạy của ông nội đã khắc sâu vào tâm khảm tôi. (My grandfather's teachings are engraved in my innermost being.)
- "khắc sâu bài học": to learn a lesson thoroughly and permanently.
- Thất bại lần này khiến anh ấy khắc sâu bài học về sự chuẩn bị. (This failure made him learn the lesson about preparation deeply.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khắc (verb): to engrave, to carve (physically on a surface like wood or stone).
- Khắc chữ lên bia đá. (To carve words onto a stone stele.)
- Ghi nhớ (verb): to remember, to memorize (a more general term for remembering).
- In sâu (verb): to imprint deeply (similar meaning, often used interchangeably with "khắc sâu").
Synonyms
- Ghi tạc: to carve/engrave in memory (literary, similar intensity).
- In đậm: to imprint vividly.
- Nhớ mãi: to remember forever.
Related Idioms
- Khắc cốt ghi tâm: (idiom) To engrave in the bones and inscribe in the heart; meaning to remember something forever with utmost gratitude or importance.
- Công ơn cha mẹ, con cái phải khắc cốt ghi tâm. (Children must forever remember and be grateful for their parents' kindness.)
- Engrave (in one's mind)