lãng uyển
Definition
- Noun:
- Fairy garden; fairy abode: A poetic and archaic term referring to an enchanted garden or dwelling place of fairies, often imagined as a place of ethereal beauty and wonder.
- Fairyland; realm of the fairies: A mythical, otherworldly realm inhabited by fairies.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Truyện cổ tích thường nhắc đến những lãng uyển đầy hoa thơm cỏ lạ. (Fairy tales often mention fairy gardens full of fragrant flowers and strange plants.)
- Giấc mơ của cô bé như được bước vào chốn lãng uyển. (The little girl's dream was like stepping into a fairy abode.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in classical Vietnamese poetry and literary works to evoke a sense of mystical, idealized beauty. It is not used in everyday modern conversation.
Variants and Related Words
- Tiên cảnh (n): fairyland, fairy scene. A more common synonym in literary contexts.
- Phong cảnh nơi đây đẹp như tiên cảnh. (The scenery here is as beautiful as fairyland.)
- Bồng lai (n): a mythical fairy isle (often from Chinese legend).
- Đó là nơi đẹp tựa Bồng lai tiên cảnh. (That is a place as beautiful as the mythical Penglai isle.)
Synonyms
- Fairy garden
- Fairy realm
- Enchanted garden
Related Idioms
- Chốn bồng lai tiên cảnh: A compound literary phrase meaning "the fairy isles and divine realms," used to describe a place of supreme, dreamlike beauty.
- Họ tìm thấy một vùng đất như chốn bồng lai tiên cảnh. (They found a land akin to the fairy isles and divine realms.)