mãn kiếp
Definition
Adverb:
- For life / for the rest of one's life: Refers to the entire remaining duration of a person's existence, often implying a permanent, unchangeable state or condition that lasts until death.
- Eternally / perpetually: Can convey a sense of an endless, everlasting duration, particularly in a figurative or emphatic context.
Phrase (used adverbially):
- To the end of one's days: A literary way to express that something continues for the entirety of a person's remaining life.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Ông ấy bị lưu đày mãn kiếp. (He was exiled for life.)
- Cô ấy nguyện sống độc thân mãn kiếp. (She vowed to remain single for the rest of her life.)
- Mãn kiếp làm nô lệ. (To be a slave eternally / for life.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in formal, literary, or dramatic contexts to emphasize the finality and enduring nature of a situation, fate, or choice. It carries a weight of permanence and is not typically used for trivial or temporary matters.
Variants and Related Words
Trọn đời (adv): for one's whole life, all one's life. This is a more common and slightly less literary synonym.
- Ông ấy phục vụ trọn đời trong quân ngũ. (He served in the military for his whole life.)
Suốt đời (adv): throughout one's life.
- Bà ấy suốt đời hy sinh vì con cái. (She sacrificed for her children throughout her life.)
Synonyms
- For life: Lasting or intended to last for the remainder of a person's existence.
- In perpetuity: For all time, permanently.
- For the rest of one's days: A poetic synonym emphasizing the temporal span until death.
Related Idioms
Mãn kiếp tang thương: A life full of misery and sorrow until the end.
- Số phận khiến bà sống một kiếp mãn kiếp tang thương. (Fate made her live a life full of misery until the end.)
Mãn kiếp lưu vong: To live in exile for the rest of one's life.
- Nhà vua bị phế truất và mãn kiếp lưu vong. (The deposed king lived in exile for the rest of his life.)