Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Desolate and vast: Describes a landscape, typically a field or rural area, that is both extremely spacious and empty, evoking a profound sense of loneliness and isolation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cánh đồng mông quạnh không một bóng người. (The desolate field was without a single human shadow.)
  • Tâm trạng anh ấy chợt trở nên mông quạnh. (His mood suddenly became desolate and vast.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "mông quạnh" is primarily literary and poetic. It is rarely used in everyday conversation but is effective for creating a vivid, emotional atmosphere in descriptive writing.

Variants and Related Words

• Đồng không mông quạnh (idiomatic phrase): A proverbial phrase meaning a completely deserted and vast field or countryside.
  • Giữa đồng không mông quạnh, chỉ có tiếng gió vi vu. (In the middle of the desolate wilderness, there was only the sound of the wind whistling.)

Synonyms

• Desolate: Bleak and empty.
• Vast and lonely: Extremely large and causing a feeling of solitude.
• Bleak: Exposed, barren, and unwelcoming.

Related Idioms

• Đồng không mông quạnh: This is the most common idiom featuring the word. It emphasizes complete emptiness and isolation in a rural or natural setting.
  • Lạc vào nơi đồng không mông quạnh. (To be lost in a desolate and vast wilderness.)

adj

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