Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make one's way in life (in the world), to achieve success: To attain a certain social status, reputation, or prosperity through one's own efforts.
   • To become, to grow into: To develop or transform into a particular state or condition.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con làm nên thì bố mẹ hởi lòng. (If the children make their way in life, their parents are pleased.)
  • Anh ấy đã làm nên sự nghiệp từ hai bàn tay trắng. (He built his career from scratch.)
  • Làm nên giàu có. (To become rich.)

Advanced Usage

• "Làm nên tên tuổi": To make a name for oneself, to build a reputation.
  • Ông ấy đã làm nên tên tuổi trong ngành công nghệ. (He made a name for himself in the tech industry.)
• "Làm nên lịch sử": To make history, to achieve something historically significant.
  • Đội tuyển đã làm nên lịch sử với chiến thắng đó. (The team made history with that victory.)

Variants and Related Words

• Làm nên (compound verb): This is the standard form. It is often used as a single lexical unit.
• Gây dựng nên (verb phrase): To build up, to establish. This is a close synonym emphasizing the process of building.
  • Gây dựng nên cơ nghiệp. (To build up a fortune/family business.)
• Trở nên (verb): To become. This is a more general and common synonym for the "become" meaning.
  • Trở nên nổi tiếng. (To become famous.)

Synonyms

• Thành đạt (verb/adjective): To be successful, to succeed.
• Phất lên (verb, informal): To rise suddenly (in wealth or status), to make it big.
• Trở thành (verb): To become.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, 'làm nên' itself functions similarly to a phrasal verb. It is not typically broken down further. - Làm nên chuyện: To accomplish something significant, to make something happen. - Họ đã làm nên chuyện lớn. (They accomplished something great.)

Related Idioms

• "Có công mài sắt, có ngày nên kim": Literally "If you persevere in grinding iron, you will one day make a needle." This proverb embodies the persistent effort implied in "làm nên."
  • Hãy kiên trì, có công mài sắt có ngày nên kim mà. (Be persistent; with perseverance, you will eventually succeed.)
• "Làm nên ông này bà nọ": To become a somebody, to achieve a respectable position in society (can be used neutrally or slightly pejoratively).
  • Sau mấy năm, cậu ta đã làm nên ông này bà nọ. (After a few years, he became a somebody.)

1. Make one's way in life (in the world)
   • Con làm nên thì bố mẹ hởi lòng
     If the children make their way in life, their parents are pleased
2. Become, grow
   • Làm nên giàu có
     To become rich