Definition

1. Noun phrase:
   • Ten thousand miles; a great distance: A classical and literary term used to describe an immense geographical separation or a metaphorical sense of being very far away.
   • Very far away: Emphasizes a state of extreme remoteness, often carrying poetic or emotional connotations of longing or separation.

Usage Examples

• Noun phrase:
  • Quê hương của anh ấy cách đây muôn dặm. (His homeland is ten thousand miles away from here.)
  • Họ sống cách nhau muôn dặm nhưng tình cảm vẫn sâu đậm. (They live a great distance apart, but their feelings remain deep.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy muôn dặm xa cách với gia đình. (She feels a vast distance from her family.)

Advanced Usage

• This phrase is predominantly used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to evoke a sense of epic scale, profound separation, or unattainable remoteness. It is less common in everyday spoken language.

Variants and Related Words

• Xa xôi (adj): faraway, distant. A more common, everyday synonym.
  • Vùng đất xa xôi. (A faraway land.)
• Muôn trùng (noun phrase): myriad layers; an immense, layered distance (also literary).
  • Cách trở muôn trùng. (Separated by immense distances.)

Synonyms

• A great distance: A vast span of space.
• Far-flung: Distant or remote.
• Remote: Far away in place or time.

Related Idioms

• Muôn dặm xa xôi: An intensified form meaning "immensely far away."
  • Con đường về nhà muôn dặm xa xôi. (The road home is immensely far away.)
• Cách xa muôn dặm: To be separated by ten thousand miles.
  • Hai trái tim cách xa muôn dặm. (Two hearts separated by ten thousand miles.)

1. Ten thousand miles; a great distance, very far away