Definition

1. Noun:
   • A happy and harmonious marriage: "Lương duyên" refers to a good, fortunate, and blissful marital union. It is an elegant and somewhat literary term.
   • A good match or marital fate: It can also imply the predestined, favorable bond between a husband and wife.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Họ sống bên nhau trong một cuộc lương duyên viên mãn. (They live together in a complete and happy marriage.)
  • Cầu chúc đôi trẻ trăm năm lương duyên. (We wish the young couple a hundred years of wedded bliss.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered formal and is often used in literary contexts, traditional blessings, or formal wishes (e.g., in wedding cards or ceremonies). It is less common in everyday casual speech.
• It carries a connotation of a marriage that is not only happy but also well-suited and fated.

Variants and Related Words

• Lương duyên tiền định (n): A predestined happy marriage.
• Duyên lành (n): A good/auspicious relationship or bond; a slightly more common synonym with a similar meaning but can apply to relationships beyond marriage.
• Hôn nhân hạnh phúc (n): Happy marriage (a more direct and modern equivalent).

Synonyms

• Hôn nhân mỹ mãn: A perfect/ideal marriage.
• Duyên phận tốt đẹp: A beautiful/good marital fate.

Related Idioms

• Trai tài gái sắc, *lương duyên một lời: (A talented man and a beautiful woman, a *happy match agreed upon with a single word.) An idiom describing a perfect, agreed-upon match.
• Ơn trên se *lương duyên cho đôi lứa: (May heaven weave a *happy fate for the couple.) A traditional blessing for a couple.

1. Happy marriage