lữ thứ
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Definition
- Noun:
- Inn, hotel, lodging place: "lữ thứ" refers to a place where travelers stay temporarily, such as an inn or a hotel.
- (Figurative) A foreign land, a strange place: In a broader, more literary sense, "lữ thứ" can symbolize a foreign land or a place far from home.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trên đường đi, họ tìm một lữ thứ để nghỉ ngơi. (On their journey, they looked for an inn to rest.)
- Ông ấy đã trải qua nhiều năm sống cảnh lữ thứ tha hương. (He spent many years living the life of a stranger in a foreign land.)
Advanced Usage
- "Cảnh lữ thứ tha hương": A classical Vietnamese idiom describing the life or situation of being a traveler or stranger in a distant land.
- Bài thơ nói lên nỗi buồn của cảnh lữ thứ tha hương. (The poem expresses the sorrow of life as a stranger in a foreign land.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhà trọ, quán trọ (n): inn, guesthouse. These are more common, modern synonyms for a lodging place.
- Khách sạn (n): hotel. A more contemporary term for accommodation.
- Tha hương (adj/phrase): living away from one's homeland. Often used in conjunction with "lữ thứ".
Synonyms
- Quán trọ: inn.
- Nơi tạm trú: temporary lodging.
Related Idioms
- "Lữ thứ tha hương": (To be) a stranger in a foreign land. This set phrase encapsulates the core meaning of displacement and temporary residence.
- Cuộc sống lữ thứ tha hương đầy gian nan. (Life as a stranger in a foreign land is full of hardships.)
Notes on Usage
- Tone and Register: "Lữ thứ" is a literary and somewhat archaic word. It is rarely used in everyday modern conversation to mean "inn." It is primarily found in classical poetry, literature, or formal writing to evoke a sense of nostalgia, travel, or displacement.
- Modern Equivalent: In contemporary Vietnamese, to refer to a place to stay, words like khách sạn (hotel), nhà nghỉ (guesthouse), or khách sạn are used. "Lữ thứ" is preserved for its poetic and figurative value.
- Inn accommodation, hotel accommodatin
- Cảnh lữ thứ tha hươnglife in inns and a strange land