lành
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
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.
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
- good; happy
- không có tin tức gì tức là tin lànhno news is good news. gentle; mild
- lành như bụtgentle as a lamb
verb
- to heal; to skin over
- vết thương chưa lànhthe wound has never healed yet