lưu lạc
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Definition
- Verb:
- To drift; to wander; to live a vagrant life: The primary meaning of "lưu lạc" is to live a life of wandering, moving from place to place without a stable home or fixed destination, often due to hardship or misfortune.
- To live in exile; to be away from one's homeland: It conveys a sense of being far from one's native place or homeland, often with a feeling of displacement and nostalgia.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau chiến tranh, nhiều người phải lưu lạc khắp nơi. (After the war, many people had to drift/wander everywhere.)
- Ông ấy đã lưu lạc ở nước ngoài hơn hai mươi năm. (He has lived in exile abroad for more than twenty years.)
- Thân phận lưu lạc thật đáng thương. (A drifting/vagrant fate is truly pitiful.)
Advanced Usage
- "sống lưu lạc": to live a life of wandering.
- Cậu bé mồ côi phải sống lưu lạc từ nhỏ. (The orphan boy had to live a wandering life from a young age.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phiêu lưu (v): to adventure; to have adventures. This word focuses more on adventure and exploration, while "lưu lạc" emphasizes hardship and instability.
- Lang thang (v): to roam, to loiter. This is a more general term for wandering without purpose, but it lacks the profound sense of displacement and long-term exile inherent in "lưu lạc".
- Tha hương (v/n): to live in a foreign land; a foreign land. This emphasizes the state of being away from home, closely related to the second meaning of "lưu lạc".
Synonyms
- Drift: to be carried along by currents of air or water, or by circumstances.
- Wander: to move about without a fixed course or destination.
- Live in exile: to live away from one's own country, often for political reasons.
Related Idioms
Lưu lạc giang hồ: to wander the rivers and lakes; to live the life of a wanderer or vagabond.
- Anh ta một đời lưu lạc giang hồ. (He spent a lifetime wandering the rivers and lakes.)
Bèo dạt mây trôi / Bèo trôi sóng vỗ: (like) duckweed drifting, clouds floating / (like) duckweed drifting, waves beating. This poetic idiom is often used to describe a fate of being adrift and rootless, similar to "lưu lạc".
- Số phận bèo dạt mây trôi. (A fate of drifting like duckweed and floating clouds.)