lạc viên
Definition
- Noun:
- Terrestrial paradise / Earthly paradise: A poetic or literary term referring to an idyllic, blissful place on earth, often imagined as a garden of perfect happiness and peace. It is a direct translation of the concept "paradis terrestre."
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Truyền thuyết mô tả vùng đất đó như một lạc viên. (Legends describe that land as a terrestrial paradise.)
- Khu vườn của bà cụ giống như một lạc viên thu nhỏ. (The old woman's garden is like a miniature earthly paradise.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in classical, literary, or religious contexts. It is not used in everyday conversation but rather in poetic descriptions, philosophical writings, or to evoke an idealized, utopian setting.
Variants and Related Words
- Địa đàng (n): Eden, Paradise (often with biblical connotations).
- Thiên đường (n): Heaven, paradise (a more common and general term for paradise).
- Cõi tiên (n): Fairyland, enchanted realm (a folkloric term for a magical, blissful place).
Synonyms
- Eden: The biblical garden of paradise.
- Utopia: An imagined place of ideal perfection.
- Arcadia: A vision of pastoral ideal and harmony with nature.
Related Idioms
- Lạc viên không cửa: A paradise with no gate; an inaccessible or impossible ideal.
- Mơ ước đó đẹp nhưng chỉ là lạc viên không cửa. (That dream is beautiful but is merely a paradise with no gate.)