làm nên
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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.)
- Make one's way in life (in the world)
- Con làm nên thì bố mẹ hởi lòngIf the children make their way in life, their parents are pleased
- Become, grow
- Làm nên giàu cóTo become rich