Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Good; Favorable: Describes something that is beneficial, wholesome, or auspicious.
   • Gentle; Mild: Characterizes a person or animal with a kind, harmless, or non-aggressive nature.
   • Intact; Undamaged: Refers to an object that is whole, unbroken, and in good condition.
   • Healthy; Wholesome: Pertains to things that are good for health, non-toxic, or salubrious.

2. Verb:

   • To heal; To mend: Describes the process of a wound, injury, or illness recovering and becoming whole again.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Không có tin tức gì tức là tin lành. (No news is good news.)
  • Anh ấy là một người rất lành. (He is a very gentle/kind person.)
  • Chiếc bát này vẫn còn lành lặn. (This bowl is still intact.)
  • Không khí ở đây thật lành. (The air here is very healthy/wholesome.)

• Verb:

  • Vết thương đã lành hẳn. (The wound has healed completely.)

Advanced Usage

• "lành tính": good-natured, mild-tempered.

  • Con mèo này rất lành tính. (This cat is very good-natured.)

• "lành bệnh": to recover from an illness.

  • Bà ấy đã lành bệnh sau một tuần. (She recovered from her illness after a week.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lành lặn (adj): intact, undamaged, in one piece.

  • Gói hàng đến nơi vẫn còn lành lặn. (The package arrived still intact.)

• Lành mạnh (adj): healthy, wholesome (often for lifestyle, activities, or environment).

  • Một lối sống lành mạnh. (A healthy lifestyle.)

Synonyms

• Good: beneficial, favorable.
• Gentle: kind, mild, harmless.
• Intact: whole, unbroken.
• Wholesome: healthy, salubrious.
• To heal: to mend, to recover.

Related Idioms

• "lành như bụt (như đất)": gentle as a lamb (literally: gentle as a Buddha/as earth).

  • Bà cụ ấy lành như bụt. (That old lady is gentle as a lamb.)

• "Cơm chẳng lành, canh chẳng ngọt": A disharmonious household where nothing seems good (literally: The rice isn't wholesome, the soup isn't tasty).

  • Gia đình họ lúc nào cũng cơm chẳng lành canh chẳng ngọt. (Their family is always in a state of discord.)

• "Tốt danh hơn lành áo": A good reputation is better than fine clothes.

  • Hãy nhớ câu "tốt danh hơn lành áo". (Remember the saying, "a good name is better than riches.")

adj

1. good; happy
   • không có tin tức gì tức là tin lành
     no news is good news. gentle; mild
   • lành như bụt
     gentle as a lamb

verb

1. to heal; to skin over
   • vết thương chưa lành
     the wound has never healed yet