lớn mạnh
Definition
- Adjective:
- To grow strong and large: Describes a process of significant development, expansion, and increase in strength, scale, or influence. It implies robust, healthy growth, often for organizations, movements, or forces.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Công ty đã lớn mạnh nhanh chóng trong vài năm qua. (The company has grown strong rapidly over the past few years.)
- Phong trào ngày càng lớn mạnh, thu hút nhiều người tham gia. (The movement is growing ever stronger, attracting many participants.)
- Quân đội lớn mạnh về cả số lượng và chất lượng. (The army grew strong in both quantity and quality.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe abstract entities (e.g., movements, trends, organizations, collectives) more often than individuals or concrete objects.
- Often implies a positive, desirable, and powerful development from a smaller or weaker state.
Variants and Related Words
- Phát triển (v): to develop, to grow. This is a more general term, while "lớn mạnh" emphasizes the resulting strength and scale.
- Nền kinh tế đang phát triển. (The economy is developing.)
- Trưởng thành (v): to mature, to grow up. Often used for individuals or personal development.
- Cậu bé đã trưởng thành. (The boy has matured.)
Synonyms
- To flourish: to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way.
- To expand powerfully: to increase in size, number, or importance with strength.
- To thrive: to grow or develop well or vigorously.
Related Idioms
- Lớn mạnh không ngừng: to grow strong ceaselessly/continuously.
- Đảng ta lớn mạnh không ngừng. (Our Party grows strong continuously.)
- Ngày càng lớn mạnh: to grow stronger day by day/increasingly strong.
- Doanh nghiệp ngày càng lớn mạnh. (The enterprise is growing stronger day by day.)