Definition

1. 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.

1. Inn accommodation, hotel accommodatin
   • Cảnh lữ thứ tha hương
     life in inns and a strange land