Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To celebrate a success/achievement: "Mừng công" refers to the act of holding a celebration, party, or gathering specifically to mark and rejoice over a victory, accomplishment, or successful outcome of a task.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Sau khi giành huy chương vàng, cả đội tổ chức mừng công. (After winning the gold medal, the whole team held a celebration for their success.)
  • Công ty sẽ mừng công cho dự án hoàn thành vượt mức. (The company will celebrate the achievement of the project completed ahead of schedule.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lễ mừng công": a victory celebration, a celebration ceremony for an achievement.
  • Lễ mừng công của đơn vị được tổ chức long trọng. (The unit's victory celebration was held solemnly.)
• "Buổi liên hoan mừng công": a party/banquet to celebrate a success.
  • Buổi liên hoan mừng công diễn ra trong không khí phấn khởi. (The party to celebrate the success took place in an excited atmosphere.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mừng (v): to congratulate, to celebrate (a general term for joyous occasions like birthdays, weddings).
• Công (n): merit, achievement, success.
• Khai mạc (v): to inaugurate, to open (a ceremony for starting something, not for celebrating its completion).

Synonyms

• Ăn mừng: to celebrate (a more general term for celebration, not exclusively for achievements).
• Chúc mừng thành công: to congratulate on a success (focuses on the act of congratulating).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Mừng công báo tiệp": (Literary/Historical) To celebrate and announce a victory. This phrase is often used in historical or formal contexts to describe celebrating and reporting a military success.
  • Sau trận đánh, tướng quân về kinh mừng công báo tiệp. (After the battle, the general returned to the capital to celebrate and announce the victory.)

1. Make merry (on the occasion of some success)
   • Lễ mừng công thắng trận
     A triumphal merry-making party